Good kids, all. Good parents, too.

This is as much about the rejection of the star football player/cheerleader dominating the school as it is about encouragement of the differently abled!

good job students.

...and I DO think that this was nice and that hearts were in the right place...

...but may I be permitted a tiny twinge of reservation about it? I just have a teensy uneasy sense that there's some bit of condescension inherent in this gesture, something that just robs this boy of his dignity to some slight degree.

I also ask myself whether this could be considered "slacktivism"? Casting a vote in a homecoming contest doesn't cost much in personal terms, but I wonder how much these other students try to interact with this boy on a daily basis and how much consideration they normally give him.

Again, not trying to crap on this, but I think there are issues here worth looking at a little more closely and thoughtfully.

But I see your point.

I was hesitant to post.