Heart's Day

Love is the language of our hearts. Love can be expressed in a lot of ways. Some say that love is complicated, while others believe that it's supposed to be complicated. In the month of February, Valentine's day is being celebrated to express affection towards one another.

 

In my Valentine's Day Celebration, I'd like to share a story from my school that demonstrated the power of student leadership. When I first became an auditor, I was very excited about creating a space to empower students. However, I was much less excited about the event planning that had traditionally been a part of the group's responsibilities. When it comes to events, there are often too many details and not enough time, which causes headaches and exhaustion for the officers in charge. All of the activities were exciting, including the photo booth with a big heart frame, where couples happily took pictures, and the message booth, where students wrote messages to their crushes and loved ones, the blind date, marriage booth, food fair booth, and gifts booth, where we sell plastic roses made of ribbons, crochet sunflowers, crochet tulips, and bouquets for students to give to someone they admire. We also surprised our teachers in each subject, which was a lot of fun because other students are also cooperating.

However, as our first huge venture as a student club officer approached, I began to see things differently. Not only did students demonstrate their ability to organize the event, but the outcome was more energetic and inclusive than I've seen in other schools, and I'm sure this is because we used democratic processes to make decisions and let students take responsibility for nearly every aspect of the project that we prepared.