Man, my brains stopped working. Do they have presidents?? Or they use other terms? Head? Chairman? (What???) Chief? Master? Oh my god. I've been searching google but I can't seem to find the answer. I'm sorry, please help.
Well, there's no such thing, so it's whatever you decide it is. It would depend on a few things. Probably most important, is this set in the real world, and if so what country and when? An 18th century English boarding school would be very different from a modern university in California for instance. Or, if it's in an imaginary world, then you decide what kind of school it is and what kind of faculty. It could be based on something familiar (they usually are) from some time period you can research.
What Xoic said. Student Council is not a necessary function of a school, in fact I think they are far more common and dramatically more important in fiction than they are in real life. The point I'm making is, if a school has a Student Council the school can call the head of the Council whatever they want. YOU can call the head of your fictional magical Student Council whatever you want.
the magical academies I've been to usually called them presidents (dad moved around a lot for work so I was at a few different ones). this was in the US for reference.
Yeah, that was my first thought too. Magical academies don't even exist so you can do whatever you want.
There is one other factor that hasn't been mentioned. Was the group that decided on the position names enrolled in herbalism classes. If they were then you need to factor in the effects of recreational herbalism on the names.
I might be coming across as dumb here but I feel as if you're making some joke I don't get. It wouldn't be the first time Btw, hogwarts kind of exists, and I live close to where the real deal is. It's not an island though, its just a castle in County Durham.
I won’t say what I thin Friedrich is or isn’t doing, but I will say (totally unrelated) this is a site full of writers, and writers love to tell stories.
Depends on the genre of story you're writing I think. If it's a romance novel a student counsel president to be a rival for the main girl is almost required, that said I did say almost. If you do go with a student counsel archetype, that's one more thing to consider, is which TYPE do you want, and again, that depends on the story. I'd argue that the student counsel member is kind of cliche/overdone at this point, so if you DO decide to make one. I'd advise at looking up some examples of what people generally expect from these characters and try to subvert those expectations.
I'm pretty sure it was all a joke, and I just didn't get it lol. Why? Because I thought it was some kind of club he was talking about. That's all
You don't need to take em out, if you want to add one though I would look up some examples and see what you can do differently.
Nah, it's mot really the main focus of the story, just something I thought of so it's okay. The council stuffs complicates it a lot more than it need to. I don't even know what they do and whatnots, so it's goodddd. Thanks for the advise!
Don't throw the concept out completely. It could be a good way to put obstacles in front of the MC. The student council could pass items the MC has to find away around to accomplish their goal.
I will say... As someone whos been on student council..... No one really cares. Its not a popularity vote thing. Its not a badge you wear around and other recognize you for it. We were "nerds" and no one wanted to extra work of being on council. Colleges dont really care either. Books and movies hype it up to be this "class" thing (upperclass, lower class, popular vs non popular thing). But really, its just another student club with an emphasis on school politics (students want a party.... We have no money. How do we fundraise? Who are the powers that be that we must petition to make it happen? Are there alumni organizations we can pitch to? What are our policies and how can we align with them? Etc.) So we were always having boring meetings with adults. I was the treasurer...
This question is not about the school per say. It is about the culture of the society the school functions in. In a culture similar to America, then yes student government is early training for future political involvement. If the culture is a monarchy then any student body might be limited to those from a noble house. If the culture is more authoritarian, you are looking at a faculty that says shut up and do as you're told, in the more extreme case. But as has been said before, you are the author, so the world is what you make it.
