My kiddo’s school is doing a number of things in April to celebrate Earth Day (April 22). One of these is a fundraiser to “help protect wild animals” with the Earth Rangers. According to kiddo, her teacher presented them with four different animals and let the class vote to choose which one to support.
Kiddo and her deskmate/bff voted for the wolverine* but they were the underdogs, so to speak. The rest of the class supported other animals, and ultimately the Peregrine Falcon was the winner.
“It’s so not fair” she says, as “now those other animals will not get our help. It’s so not fair that some of us wanted to pick other animals, but they don’t count because some more people wanted the falcon.”
As a perennial left-wing voter in this current Canadian election campaign, I can totally feel her pain.
It really sucks to feel like your voice is not being heard. I’m sure Elizabeth May knows how the kiddo feels right about now.
The English language debate happens tonight.
*according to her, because it is “such an unusual animal, but maybe we wouldn’t think it was so unusual if it was not endangered and there were more of them.” Her friend picked the wolverine because of XMEN.
I live in Oklahoma, USA. I'm ALWAYS the perennial left-wing voter with a voice that isn't heard.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I feel for you. This is the first chance I've had to vote since we moved into an area that has some lefty support. My fingers are crossed!
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