Every beginning had a charm of its own that makes it unique and unlike any other event that had happened in one's life. In my case, my beginning on a journey to develop myself as a person and a leader started with a new and final school year as a high school student. I anticipated the new beginning with existence and fear of what the future has in store for me. For the first time, I was to become a mentor for a group of students, mostly grade 10’s that I barely knew anything about. To furthermore my anxiety I was quickly faced with my first challenge which included me working alone. Upon receiving the news that I was the only mentor for that specific class, I became uneasy. I had a prior knowledge that mentors normally are surrounded by a group …show more content…
Although it was a challenging (how can teachers do it for multiple classes?), luckily each one of them had a special personality and features that soon made it much easier to tell them apart (except for the twins I had trouble telling them apart until recently ‘ Don’t tell them’). After a few encounters with the girls, I was able to generalize them into groups. Of course, there was the loud once with strong opinions and self-ego, the average girls who interacted with people of the same interests and background as them, and finally the “ still in the sell girls” who keep quiet but surely have loud thoughts. As a student myself, I don’t have any right to judge other students nor to put some restrictions and classifications on them. For the time being, my only hope is that by the end of this semester these students will realize how by being a leader in this community they can break free from their roles and uses all of these different qualities and skill in different aspects of their lives and the problems that they’ll face later on during their …show more content…
Most likely, these girls had no idea of what are the expectations and responsibilities of leadership students. Which eventually lead them into some unpleasant events. It’s our role to not only teach them about leadership but also model all the qualities of an inspiring leader so they can have a first-hand experience. Unfortunately, we came across a couple of situations that were harmful to our reputation yet crucial to our learning journey. These stations were able to underline the attitude and limits of these students. Whether inside of the classroom or outside, taking a leader title firstly means to serve people of your community with graceful attitude. It is not our choice to debate this topic, it is a must have skill in leadership to serve others full heartedly without any complaint whether we like those people or not. The second biggest lesson learned is the ranking of people around us and our limits and red-zoned lines that we should never cross in any particular relationship. In our societies, there is different installations and different level of power and authority held by each person. It doesn't matter if the intentions were innocently or not, all of us should be clear at where we stand within our
Throughout the years of being a student at Council Rock, I have come to the realization of what a true leader is. A leader is not someone that just plans events, collects money, or shows up to meetings. Rather, this is someone that has a true connection with their peers, and has unmatched passion for what they do. With this, I can confidently say that since seventh grade, as a young adult, I have been shaped into an individual that fits these traits. Since that time, I have been involved in student government,
One of the possible research topics I plan to undertake involves analyzing the impact that mentoring can have on the graduation success rate of African American males, particularly when the mentor is a Black male and the relationship takes place in the south. In my opinion, these relationships can have a profound impact on a student’s ability to persist towards graduating from college. Though my research, I want to hear the stories of Black males who have benefited from successful mentoring relationships with other Black men. I believe that establishing a strong mentoring relationship with Black males at a young age can greatly improve their chance of academic success. Furthermore, I believe that mentoring is a strong early intervention mechanism to prevent Black males from dropping out of high school and deterring them from pursuing degrees in higher education. At the same time, I would like my research interest to focus on African American males in the south, but I would like my scope to focus on mentoring relationships between black men; both structured and unstructured.
Throughout the novel, The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Exemplary Leaders, authors James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner share with young student leaders the skills they have found for effective leadership. The authors wrote The Student Leadership Challenge hoping to strengthen the abilities and uplift the spirits of leaders by introducing the five principles: modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act, and encouraging the heart (Kouzes and Posner 3).
Finally, as a member of the Student Leadership Council, I have developed meaningful relationships with peers, advisors and community leaders, some who share my views and others whose views are utterly different from mine. I have been able to grow tremendously from my association with Students Against Destructive Decisions. Thus, it is my desire to continue volunteering for the Students Against Destructive Decisions Student Leadership Council, even after I graduate from high school, because it has been such a meaningful and rewarding experience. It is my hopes that I will be able to some day facilitate a Students Against Destructive Decisions Program in my community, as there is an urgent need for positive adult mentors.
Becoming a leader is never an easy task. It is complex with rational decision making and accepting responsibility for those decisions. Being the leader, does not mean that you always make the best choice, but it does mean you learn and grow from all you experiences. Sometimes becoming a leader is not a choice, but a responsibility that you inherit. Leaders are not born, but are created through trial and error. A true leader cares for his subordinate and will always respect, listen, and mentor them, but a true leader will also discipline correct subordinates when needed. Sometimes a leader needs to depend on his faith and look to a higher power, so that he can make choices with guidance.
Before this course I had ample leadership experience starting from a young age with organized sports and most recently in military service, while I had a lot of time to hone a particular type of leadership style which was almost exclusively geared toward leading rough and tough young men. I soon learned that in this field that I would need to vary my leadership styles and methods because if I used my usual methods on a student
2. The best lessons I’ve learned in leadership came from experience with bad supervisors, learning to not be like them. Being assigned to a higher position or holding a designation does not entitle anyone to be called “Leader”. Leadership is something that is earned, proved through action and investment of time. Coming up in the ranks, I can’t recall a time from Seaman to Petty Officer First Class I’ve looked at someone and said, “this leader had so much impact in my life and
I learned that leadership comes through experience and learning. One can be born with the qualities of a leader and others have to learn and practice to gain those qualities. Some dream of being “The President of the United Sates,” “The Student Body President,” or even “The Captain,” of a sports team. Now some want the leadership title while others want to lead the group of people in the right direction. But then again names and titles aren't the source of leadership. Who were these men? They each have a personal title or job to themselves but in that jury room they were known as the number they were given. They each stood alone in that room, one against each other.
I soaked up all the information I could about leadership from my peers and guest speakers, but most of the information came from my band director. I learned many things that year about leadership and how to work hard to achieve my goals. First and foremost I learned that being a leader has little to do with giving out commands or instructions. Being a leader really means to help lead others to their full potential through encouragement an constructive criticism. To be a leader, one does not require an official title. You can be a leader no matter who you are or where you are in life. Being a leader means leaving an impact with those around you. Showing modesty, compassion, responsibility, and workmanship all at the same time. To be a successful leader, one must first lead by example. These are only some examples of the the knowledge I attained on leadership throughout that year. In that year I also learned how to work hard and continue to pursue my goals and aspirations. I gained new work ethic and appreciation for the resources provided for me. I learned to branch out and try new things and ask questions. However, most importantly, I learned how to persevere through the bumps and challenges in order to truly achieve my goal. That year after applying for a second time, I achieved my goal in getting into the leadership program, and had my family not been relocated I would
For many years, I have been told by teachers, family, and friends that I am a good leader. Until fairly recently, I had never truly thought about what it means to be a good leader and just took it as a compliment. Leadership is an intangible concept which cannot be properly outlined in a dictionary, but one which must be formed and explained only through one’s own philosophies and experiences.
As seniors we are looked up to by descending grades, with this comes leadership. I am not only Secretary of Student
The speaker in the video discussed how on the first day of college he was walking around and giving lollypops to new students who seemed to be overwhelmed by college itself. The striking part of the story was that he had probably given out a couple hundred lollypops that day, but there was one girl that he gave one to that changed her life and helped her to become a more confident person. This related directly to status, because the girl felt she was a lower status than other people on campus because she was new. So when he came up to her (he is someone she perceives to be higher status) she felt that she became higher status because he was choosing to interact with her. This led to her gaining confidence to go out and make friends at college, which led to her having a significantly higher opinion of herself (she gained esteem). Overall, I really enjoyed taking this course because of stories like this. We got to focus on what we can do better going forward to be more impactful leaders and also learned to treat everyone equally (regardless of their status) which is a pretty difficult thing to attempt to do. I hope to keep the lessons I learned instilled in my actions day to day, and utilize my new knowledge to become a great leader in the
Leadership as defined by Andrew J. Dubrin is “the ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to achieve organizational goals” (DuBrin, 2013, p. 2). Siena Heights, like a good leader does this with their followers, in this case, student followers. Siena Heights mission statement is “to assist people to become more competent, purposeful and ethical” (Siena Heights University, 2016, para. 1). Siena Heights does this through their classes both online and in the classroom. A good leader, like a good school, will mold and work with their followers to make them better at their jobs. This helps to build competence which is a forgotten part of trust- “However, the differentiating and often ignored
I began my leadership journey in elementary school, however my juvenile mind could not yet fathom all the unanticipated joy that I would bring into the world through leadership. To be a leader is much more than a title, to be a leader is to lead others with unequated willingness. A willingness to impart some kind of wisdom on everyone that we met and to leave people better than the way we found them. Ever since elementary school, I nosedived into the realm of leadership and adopted every definition of what a leader was to be and my senior year, I worked my way up to the highest level of leadership nobility in the state of California, the California Association of Student Leaders, CASL. I was elected onto the state board and chosen by the leaders
Student M has been attending the mentoring program consistently this month. Student M has been working very hard to improve both her Math and English grade, by seeking mentoring support on a regular basis. Student M is extremely proud of herself as she was accepted into her first choice High School, which is High School for Health Careers and Sciences at the George Washington High School Campus. Mr. Fernandez is excited his daughter will be transitioning to this school as he aspires for her to become a pediatric doctor. Student M will continue to attend mentoring program as well as continue seeking educational support.