 Even in my school, the school captains weren't able to do much in the way of exerting power or organizing events. Maybe it's a Japan thing? |
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| Now we don't have anything like student councils in my country (or at least the schools I went to) so I can't speak from experience, but I have a feeling that student councils like the one from Shokugeki where the president might as well be the prime minister might be a little bit exaggerated... |
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| I'm pretty sure it was just a vanity thing in my school but I'm American and our schools are trash so I don't really know what they do elsewhere. |
| LMAOOO!!!I laughed so hard at your meme. Especially in Maid sama.The student council president Misaki basically controls the whole school and the teachers as well as the principal are useless. PiyushSan said: The student council in my school was practically useless. The only privilege they had was wearing a council badge all day long. I don't think I need to repeat your sentence. |
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| yeah, it's probably just exaggerated to make things more interesting in anime |
| It depends on the anime - absurdly exaggerated in Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate and Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai but kind of down to earth in Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru (not that the show is down to earth itself). |
| Look at those student council members from Prison school. They were full of entertainment ๐ค. |
 แฑจแฑแฑก แฑ แฑคแฑจแฑแฑฑ แฑฅแฑแฑฑแฑ แฑแฑจ : ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ธ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐, ๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ค๐๐ญ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ธ๐ญ๐ป, ๐๐พ๐ณ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ธ๐๐ป, ๐ฏ๐บ๐ค๐๐ฌ๐ธ๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐ป ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฑ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐_๐ญ๐๐๐ฑ๐ข๐บ_๐ญ ๐๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ขเค |
_cjessop19_ said: even government doesn't interface in their cases. They are above human dimensional.Even in my school, the school captains weren't able to do much in the way of exerting power or organizing events. Maybe it's a Japan thing? |
แฑจแฑแฑก แฑ แฑคแฑจแฑแฑฑ แฑฅแฑแฑฑแฑ แฑแฑจ : ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ธ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐, ๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ค๐๐ญ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ฎ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ธ๐ญ๐ป, ๐๐พ๐ณ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ธ๐๐ป, ๐ฏ๐บ๐ค๐๐ฌ๐ธ๐ญ๐๐ฃ๐ป ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฑ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐_๐ญ๐๐๐ฑ๐ข๐บ_๐ญ ๐๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ขเค |
| I'm pretty sure it's exaggerated because it is, you know, anime. And I'm not knowledgeable about how Japanese systems really work to comment on how much of it is exaggeration. In my school, prefects were chosen by teachers and were basically tools for teachers to use. They hand out assignments, do whatever work the teacher tells them to do and are just generally normal students who were unfortunate enough to be singled out by the teacher. Only one school I went to had a system similar to ones found in anime and even then, those "elections", were basically popularity contests. Getting "elected" had zero perks. It was just a really nice way of getting scammed into doing some extra work that teachers didn't want to bother with. |
| I think it is something like that only in Asian countries,cause in my school the only thing student council does is that president will dress like St.Nicholas others dress like angels,elves or devils and give candies to youngest students on December 6. |
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| Depends on the anime. In Kakegurui of course it's very exaggerated, while in Seitokai Yakuindomo it seems quite realistic. |
| The OPM among student council anime https://myanimelist.net/anime/456/Gokujou_Seitokai?q=Best%20student%20%20&cat=anime |
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| At least they were useful compared to my school in jhs lol. But yeah, like in Kakegurui, Prison School. I can't remember, is Classroom of the Elite like that too? |
| From Asia but not Japan — At the tertiary institute I went to, it was basically like a popularity contest & social thing. We did have different roles such as treasurer, logistics, programmers, even the vice-president & president, etc. That being said we did have full control to organise a whole lot of activities, festivals, camps, events without much say from the lecturers. But it wasn’t like a high school kind of social/hierarchy construct to begin with. Our lecturers didn’t have a lot of authority over us either. Everything was mostly laidback & chill. And wild & fun. But yeah politics always comes hand-in-hand with people. Some of the best memories. But yeah it’s mostly exaggerated for dramatic effect in anime! |
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| It's a known trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil There is some truth to it in Japan where the teaching and management staff of the school often take a backseat to student affairs and leave them to manage themselves for the most part. It's a way to train them to become productive members of society. |
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| Classroom of the elite is a prime example. Student council has more power than teachers and staff |
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| School life and the student council are very different in Japan then in America so I can't really say for sure as I don't have the experience with them from a Japanese perspective. In America our student council did literally fucking nothing but in Japan I think they have more that they do |
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| I was in student council in my high school. I literally didn't do a single thing...lol. Back in my high school anybody can become part of student council because nobody wants to be part of it. Anime definitely have there epic adventurous student council going on. |
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| It may be exaggerated, but i don't mind much since it's fun. Also, the meme |
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| Yes. The kakegurui council is above the law |
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| It's an anime, it's not new. Everything is an exaggeration for the protagonist. |
| It would be pretty boring seeing student councils do nothing but decide what color the graduation shirt should be, and somehow still fuck that up. Are student councils deciding the budgets every club gets an actual thing, or is that another fabrication? I assume it's another fabrication, because that is one of the worst ideas I have ever heard of in my life, "oh yeah let's let these kids who have no proper concept of taking responsibility for their actions get to decide who gets how much of these thousands of dollars, they'd totally not just give it to their friends clubs". |
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| My student council had to do so much work without getting any recognition or praise. It was like a job that nobody wanted to do and those who did it, only wanted to because they could put in on their applications. |
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| I think I may have been one (or at least something similar?) In my School. I got praise and a badge but I didn't do shit. |
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| The only thing I remember about the student council is voting for specific candidates for certain roles. That's it. |
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| Yeah i agree that they were exaggerated but that did make shows more interesting |
| The only power my school's student council has is that they can tell the juniors to keep shut. So yeah, the power of student council is over exaggerated in anime. |
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| if you are the student council president in high school, you can bet your ass you will land that good job, everyone puts that on their CVs. Jokes aside, it's probably not that important in real life Japan. In my high school years, the presidents were 2 twin sisters but they did nothing, I mean absolutely nothing |
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There are plenty of anime that use and overuse this trope. My favorite student council is probably the one from Kill la Kill. But you also have funny ones like in Seitokai Yakuindomo or Seitokai no Ichizon, where they hold "reasonable" power like they would IRL. |
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| Kids who joined the student council at our school are people that were stupid. It just eats into your studying time. |
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| It may seem like it's overexaggerated, but I feel like it's not actually? Some student councils are useless in some places, but from my experiences with them, they have quite a bit of influence on student and faculty in general. They essentially have what's close to government power. They hold regular meetings, do paperwork, plan big events - pep rallies, assemblies, dances, and of course, have lots of popularity- clout with teachers, get perks on campus, tons of connections with organizations, lots of friends from all areas, and students who probably look up to them and think they're successful. Japanese high schools generally have more structure, so I would imagine they're more influential than what I've seen from my experience. |
| As an Ex member I can say no. We literally did fucking nothing. We pretty much just voted for ideas that other classes submitted. Like we once voted should we get armchairs or couches. |
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| The only one I can think of a School Council being OP is Kakegurui, sure it is exaggerated but it goes with the plot and the theme. Edit: I heard Classroom of the Elite is also really OP, I'm planning on picking up the LN soon but from what I know so far, it seems to be true aswell |
| Oh god, of course it's exaggerated. This might be one of my least favorite tropes for school anime. I hate the all powerful student council. Always bothers me whenever this is the case, but yeah, this trope is way off. It's kinda strange, because most anime for the most part are pretty accurate when it comes to stuff like daily school life, school festival, sports festivals and some other random aspects, but for whatever reason the student council thing isn't even anywhere near reality. |
| Depends on the schools but yeah I think so |
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| way to overrated. In my school they didn't even had that much authority nor did they actually did anything much significant apart from being teacher-favourites as far as I remember. |
| I'm not convinced my school had a student council |
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| everything is, its for comedic effects, plot progression and etc. anime is something really beautiful. can use even the slightest of things ( like throwing a coin in a well ) can be extended into a whole ass episode! Nichijou for reference. everything it does is utterly funny and amazing. |
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