Politicians listen to second-graders in North Dakota:ladybug may become state insect

Some very determined second-grade students in North Dakota have shown  us an interesting aspect of a Democratic system of government.  "Second-grade students from Kenmare in northwestern North Dakota asked Kenmare state Rep. Glen Froseth to introduce  legislation to the North Dakota state legislature which would make the ladybug the state insect of North Dakota.Representatives voted 88-6 last week to approve the bill. It now goes to the North Dakota Senate for its review."

Source of this information:http://www.agweek.com/event/article/id/17912/ 

Wow, I doubt if we would have thought of doing this back in 1963 when I was in grade 2!!

Here are some news stories about these enterprising grade 2 students :

http://www.governor.nd.gov/images/first-lady-betsy-dalrymple-and-kenmare-second-graders 

http://www.kenmarend.com/?id=72&ncid=2&nid=315 

Here is a link to a video about these children and their presentation regarding making the ladybug the state insect of North Dakota!:

http://www.kxnet.com/video.asp?ArticleId=710260&VideoId=41970 

I imagine the parents of these students are so proud of their children and rightfully so!!