It's not you, it's the title
It’s not you, it’s the title Mr. Mayor; Mr. Chair; Mr. President. There you go – carry one of those titles around for a while and you’ll think you’re pretty special. In fact, you might even seem smart as so many marvel at your words. The key is though to know how you’ll be treated when the title is gone. Elsewhere in these stories I will describe how I’ve chased these titles since grade five. And this means I learned at an early age what happens when they are gone. Toughest school age experience was being a ‘mover and shaker’ in our grade nine class and so assured that I could get elected School President for my grade ten year (this was at a time that junior high was grade eight to ten.) My dad’s transfer to Victoria put an end to that and I arrived at a new school for grade ten with no one really giving a damn about my suggestions or yet alone leadership. It was a long year and it took to the end of grade eleven to finally challenge for School President, albeit uns