My son leans toward being an overachiever. His ultimate goal is to become a pilot. To get there, his current goal is to be accepted into the Air Force Academy. It's very competitive and he pushes his limits to achieve all he can to get an appointment and hopefully be chosen.
Leadership is one of the qualities the AFA seeks, so my son goes after leadership roles. This year he is the Secretary of the his high school's National Honor's Society. He's been very active and volunteered many hours for the group. This week were the elections for next year's officers. He ran for VP against a popular student who, only known by the other officers, was not truthful in recording volunteer time for his friends. My son and the other officers chose not to publicize the infraction.
On the morning of the club meeting, initial vote for VP was tied, so each was asked to address the group before a new vote. My son was declared the winner, but after everyone left, the club adviser indicated that the first vote was not a tie. My son had lost. They decided to open the vote up for a third time, running it until 3:30. The vote was tied again, however some of the votes were made by non-club members. The adviser had to remove those votes. In the end, my son lost.
It was tough for both of the kids to wait over 24 hours for a result, as well as be jerked back and forth regarding the winner of the election. I feel that the adviser handled the situation poorly, but I was exceptionally happy that my son took the high road and did not reveal the other student's poor judgment in order to win an election.
Colossians 3:23-25 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no partiality.
In the end, I truly feel like my son was not supposed to serve in the role. I think he's going to be very busy in the coming year.
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