Editor-in-Chief
The Apex High student body will
participate in a mock election this Thursday, November 1, during homeroom.
Students will have the opportunity to vote for the next North Carolina
governor, as well as the next President of the United States. The idea came to
Apex social studies teacher Amy Ernenwein while she was teaching a freshmen
class. She asked her students if they cared about the election, and when the
response was no, she decided to hold an election for students. “It is the
number one job of a social studies teacher to teach them [students] their civic
duties,” Ernenwein said.
She added that she is worried
about voter apathy nowadays. “I think that we think the individual person doesn’t
have much power on a large scale,” she said. “Democracies work best when
citizens actively participate and are informed,” Ernenwein added.
Ernenwein said that she will be
counting the ballots herself and hopes to announce the results to students on
Wednesday, November 7, during homeroom, the day after the national election.
