Please Vote for me Reflection

This film was released a couple of years ago in China. In this third grade classroom the teacher used an interactive activity to demonstrate democracy to her class. Three promising classroom monitors were elected as candidates and they worked on their campaign strategies and participated in debates in order to become elected as class monitor. Each candidate experienced difficulties, however, they worked hard to prove their leadership to their peers. In the end of the documentary, Luo Lei was elected for the class monitor.

This film was interesting, because it reflected how a communist country responded to democracy. Watching the film made me think on the politics of democracy and the pros and cons of this type of government. There is a big difference between the Chinese lifestyle and American lifestyle. All Chinese are treated equally and their strengths are determined by the government. Their parents are far more competitive in this film than one would have anticipated. The parents worked just as hard as their children to have their kids be successful in the election. Due to the communist government in the country and the overwhelming amount of people in the Chinese population, each child must be better and smarter to make an impression to be more successful. In American, each person is in charge of their intelligence and future.

Their representation of democracy successfully demonstrated how a democratic society can be unfair. The candidates had help from their parents and bribed the other kids to vote for them by giving gifts and free trips on the monorail. Unfortunately due to this bribery factor, it gave some of the candidates a advantage that not all candidates could offer.

Watching this film, makes one think about a communist society and its positive and negative effects. There is a harsh stereotype of communism government, that it is a suppressing regime, however, it is a myth. A communist government makes sense for China with its high population. While communism gives less freedom to its community it is not as harsh a government as believed.