{"id":327945,"date":"2021-08-20T00:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/erin-otooles-grade-8-vision-become-pm\/"},"modified":"2021-08-20T00:44:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:44:50","slug":"erin-otooles-grade-8-vision-become-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/erin-otooles-grade-8-vision-become-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"#Erin O’Toole’s Grade 8 vision: become PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Erin O’Toole’s Grade 8 vision: become PM<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Way back in grade school, in Port Perry, Ont., the now Tory leader penned his likely ‘fate’ in his class year book: “Prime Minister”\n <\/div>\n
\n I hesitate to say the word \u201cyearbook\u201d out loud in the middle of a Canadian federal election but bear with me: this is the story of a Grade 8 student in Port Perry, Ont., who decided his \u201cprobable fate\u201d was to become prime minister of Canada and sealed this wish in a yearbook.<\/p>\n

In the mid-1980s Conservative leader Erin O\u2019Toole was just a young boy at R.H. Cornish Public School in Port Perry. Him and classmates were busy playing sports, everything from basketball to skiing and rollerskating, and dealing with annoying (I assume) siblings.<\/p>\n

A page from O\u2019Toole\u2019s class\u2019 yearbook, shared with me by someone who attended the school at the same time, gives a fun glimpse into this time. The Grade 8 class of 1984 was asked to share their favourite saying, their favourite pastime, a pet peeve and their probable fate.<\/p>\n

Kids, of course, say the darndest things and this page is full of them.<\/p>\n

I can only relate to being annoyed by Mondays, \u201cno dinner!\u201d and \u201clife!\u201d I have many questions for Albert H. whose favourite pastime was \u201ckilling chickens.\u201d Lori N. likely envisioned the era of Instagram influencers with the dream of becoming a \u201cfamous partier.\u201d Jennifer C. is a hero for dreaming of being a \u201cbum.\u201d We hope Derek C., who thought his fate was to be a \u201chitman,\u201d and Andy E., who aspired to be a \u201csurfing accident,\u201d are both doing well.<\/p>\n

But Grade 8 Erin O\u2019Toole (\u2018Erin O\u201d in the yearbook) aimed high with his answer to \u201cprobable fate\u201d: \u201cPrime Minister.\u201d<\/p>\n

His favourite saying: \u201cSure!\u201d<\/p>\n

His favourite pastime: \u201cBreaking my arms\u201d\u2014a sarcastic nod to how he broke each arm within a two-year period while still at school, once during a soccer game<\/a> and another during a game of tug of war.<\/p>\n

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A page from O\u2019Toole\u2019s Grade 8 yearbook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

His pet peeve: \u201cComputer room supervisors.\u201d As O\u2019Toole tells it, the supervisors were strict about allowing computer usage for homework only, a rule he broke by playing games.<\/p>\n

The yearbook page even gives a glimpse into one of O\u2019Toole\u2019s long-standing friendships: Chad P. wrote that his favourite pastime was \u201cBugging Erin.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an email, the Conservative leader told me he hadn\u2019t seen the yearbook since he left R.H. Cornish, and \u201cgot a real kick\u201d out of re-reading what Chad P. wrote. Today, Chad P. still lives close to Port Perry and comes out to put signs up for O\u2019Toole.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to say, it\u2019s heartwarming to get the chance to glimpse back into my time at R.H. Cornish,\u201d O\u2019Toole wrote. \u201cThanks for this trip<\/a> down memory lane!\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the kind of storybook ambition that movies<\/a> are made of, but this one\u2019s real: Erin O\u2019Toole is running for Prime Minister. His probable fate will be decided on Sept. 20.<\/p>\n

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