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Civics, 1st Period - Thursday 4/13
"A huge, not exciting part of government is making sure basic expectations of service are met," Steve, in his Captain America costume, began. "Social security checks arrive on time. Trains don't explode. We don't start a global war over Twitter. Easy stuff like that."
Super easy! No, your teachers weren't trying not to sob over the state of the country at the moment. Don't be silly.
"The bare bones," Tony added. "The total minimum of what is expected of you as a governmental official. You show up and at least pretend to be competent when in public. Smile--" He gave his very best PR smile to illustrate it. "--and say the right things at the right time to stay in office."
That did not sound too difficult, right?
"There are a few traditions that senior politicians are expected to attend or preside over every year. The National Prayer Breakfast. The St. Patrick's Day Lunch. The Easter Egg Roll." Steve made a small face. "So far this new administration has not exactly covered themselves in glory at these things." Don't get him started on Speaker Ryan's sad excuse for a Guinness. Just don't.
"It's almost as though they're all woefully under-qualified and can barely form coherent sentences without offending everyone who has any sense of decency." Tony, find some chill. Like, a modicum of chill. "With a holiday coming up this weekend that will probably get us chocolate eggs raining from the sky or something, we thought it might be fun to allow you kids to figure out how you would handle attending an event like those."
"The Easter Egg roll, for instance, is an event the White House has held for the last 139 years, so it's not a huge surprise that it's coming. Generally about 30,000 people attend, either through a lottery of winners or through specific groups being invited, like school kids in the DC area or military children."
"It's an easy shot at getting a fluff piece written about you," Tony said, speaking from experience. Though he also tended to enjoy spending time with the kids during those things. "As long as you don't do something stupid. Like trip a child to get the egg they were after."
And the fact that he believes it was a possible outcome was... yeah.
"So, we've--" He'd. "--programmed a copy of the event for you."
"And Isabela, you've been picked to be the Easter Bunny," Steve added. "Congratulations."
Or something.
Super easy! No, your teachers weren't trying not to sob over the state of the country at the moment. Don't be silly.
"The bare bones," Tony added. "The total minimum of what is expected of you as a governmental official. You show up and at least pretend to be competent when in public. Smile--" He gave his very best PR smile to illustrate it. "--and say the right things at the right time to stay in office."
That did not sound too difficult, right?
"There are a few traditions that senior politicians are expected to attend or preside over every year. The National Prayer Breakfast. The St. Patrick's Day Lunch. The Easter Egg Roll." Steve made a small face. "So far this new administration has not exactly covered themselves in glory at these things." Don't get him started on Speaker Ryan's sad excuse for a Guinness. Just don't.
"It's almost as though they're all woefully under-qualified and can barely form coherent sentences without offending everyone who has any sense of decency." Tony, find some chill. Like, a modicum of chill. "With a holiday coming up this weekend that will probably get us chocolate eggs raining from the sky or something, we thought it might be fun to allow you kids to figure out how you would handle attending an event like those."
"The Easter Egg roll, for instance, is an event the White House has held for the last 139 years, so it's not a huge surprise that it's coming. Generally about 30,000 people attend, either through a lottery of winners or through specific groups being invited, like school kids in the DC area or military children."
"It's an easy shot at getting a fluff piece written about you," Tony said, speaking from experience. Though he also tended to enjoy spending time with the kids during those things. "As long as you don't do something stupid. Like trip a child to get the egg they were after."
And the fact that he believes it was a possible outcome was... yeah.
"So, we've--" He'd. "--programmed a copy of the event for you."
"And Isabela, you've been picked to be the Easter Bunny," Steve added. "Congratulations."
Or something.
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