Vote For Omar Turani

Vote For Omar Turani May 2006

Omar Turani, 12 years old, goes to the American International School. This is his speech he delivered as he nominated himself to the presidency of the Student Council. It was not what he said, it was how he said it that granted him the highest number of votes, and he became the President of the Student Council in 2005 .

Omar's Speech:

Hello, I am Omar Turani,

Leadership to me is ... to extend a hand and help ...!!

How am I going to help? I will lead by example, I will be a good student, I will live the pillar of characters, and I will be kind, helpful, and responsible.

Why do we need a leader from the students? we need a leader from the students, so he or she can listen to the students to understand their needs and requirements, the big guys do not seem to understand us all the time, they can not relate to us. Vote for me, and when I am president, I will convince the school Admin to meet those requirements; for example we need to put nets for the soccer and basketball, the school admin needs to hear this.

Some of you may ask, why is Omar Turani running for president?, Let me tell you why: I am running for president because I feel great about helping other students and making the school a better place for learning and for fun. If we practice the pillar of characters, the school well be a better place, the students will be happy, the teachers will be happy, the principle will be happy, and even Dr. Larkin himself will be happy. When I am the president, I will help to live and practice the pillar of characters. So, vote for me.
In case you wonder how am I going to help? I will mention here few things that I will do:

Make the students voice heard,
Celebrate the multi traditions and occasions for the different nationalities and religions at schools; example, Ramadan, Eid, Hunted House, Christmas, Saint Patrick's days ...etc.
Have Soccer referee, basket referee, nets for the soccer
Have a prayer room
And I will need your creativity to give me other ideas later on.

I have been at the AIS-R for six years, since KG2, since 1998, and I am a good citizen, good student, I have been getting A’s and B’s. I am a team player, as I have been playing sport for many many years.

Where have I learned leadership?, well, have been the big brother to Ibrahim and Faisal; I have all along taken good care of them. I am very loving and caring; you do not believe me? they both go to AIS-R, who knows my brothers?, hey go and ask my them.
All the students in all grades will be my brothers and sisters, and I will care about them and do things for them the same way I care about my own two brothers. I am eager to be the president, so I can work for you, Vote for Omar Turani !!!!!!!!!!.
Good luck for the other candidates that are running for president and vice president.