Humans of Tioga County

The term democracy alone means "rule by the people", meaning not only one person decides for the people but the people decide for themselves.

By Sharley Anne. from Williamson High School in Pennsylvania

This award presented to me was the student of the month award during April 2021. Democracy gives us a chance to run our schools independently from the government. Just like instead of the principle deciding who receives this award all of the high school teachers voted. Very similar to the way we vote for our president every four years, representing a huge part of our democracy in America. 

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