I used to be so oblivious. I would attend school every day and criticize my surroundings, little did I know how much I actually had. Come junior year, I observed a flyer for a club called S.A.L.T. (Student-Athlete Leadership Team), it seemed interesting to me so I decided to fill out an application. During our first meeting at 6:45 in the morning, Coach Jones, the head of the club, explained, “I did not cut anyone since you will cut yourself, you will give up and you will not want to put the work in, so you will stop coming. As a result, I will know who our leaders are”. That proclamation was something that genuinely made me think. At the beginning, I figured this club would just lecture me about leadership, but it ended up teaching me so …show more content…
We began to sell water bottles. Furthermore, we met with Aiken. We walked together, for three miles, to grasp what it would be like to execute that every day. In conclusion, we raised enough money to build one well, in addition to solar panels and doors on their school. I decided to read the book A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. It was about child soldiers in Sierra Leone, the same place where we had built the well. Learning about what these people live through every day was incredibly astonishing. I used to take my amenities for granted. I was incredibly selfish. I decided then that it was important to start getting involved and start paying attention to the world around me. From then on, I have made it a priority to help others and be giving. Student-Athlete Leadership Team taught me to be a leader, a listener, a giver, and a role model for others. I realized that I am thankful for everything I have. This experience makes me want to help others as well as generate an impact on other people’s lives. I believe that I have become more understanding and more mature from this involvement. This club taught me more about life in less than a school year than I have learned over seventeen
One warm august night my sister Ellie and I watched the film Into the Wild. The story of Chris McCandless reconnecting with nature and going out on his own was profound to me. My mom was an avid hiker when she was younger and even climbed Mount Olympus, but as she’s gotten older and kids and life have taken over hiking hasn’t been much of priority. After the movie ended I told her I wanted to go on a short backpacking trip by myself before I had to go back to school and immediately my ten year old sister wanted to come with me. I agreed and we spent the next twenty four hours planning, packing and figuring out exactly where we were going.
My piece was inspirational around the world, but most importantly, it inspired me. Malala Yousifzai’s speech about women’s rights for education made me realize how lucky I am, and made me feel empowered to spread her positive message to the people around me, with confidence. With each meet I improved, and by the fourth meet, I had earned a place at the state competition. Through presenting individually, I discovered a passion for expressing myself, in all areas of my life. By the end of the season, I realized that my favorite part of a class project was to stand in front of the class and actually present it.
The moment I found out I was moving away from my hometown felt like a nightmare. Various thoughts suddenly came rushing through my mind as I thought about how my life was going to change forever. When there were new students in my class, I used to wonder how hard it was for them to completely leave everything behind and move. I never knew that I would eventually be in their position. I was eleven years old and in my last year of elementary school when I found out about my parents decision to move.
Some days I feel terrible, and some days I be feeling myself. I have had the pleasure of having Janet 's main engineer listen to a few of my beats and enjoy them. I wish I could have made Janet 's album, but she had already finished Unbreakable. I have had the pleasure of talking with the writer and creator of Malcolm and Eddie. Nothing has came about so far, but 2016 has been a way better year than 2015.
“Ok, you wait here,” I told Hailey. I hurriedly climbed the stairs to grab my coat so I could walk her to school. Hailey can never run up the stairs. Everyone of them is different height from the last, making it impossible to properly judge how high to lift your foot. Either the stair is too high and she stumbles forward with her foot falling beneath where she was expecting it to stop, or she kicks the step lip with her socked foot.
ECO completely omitted my main reason for taking a full time course. I was working merely as an "assistant" and had no professional growth. I clearly remember stating that, "there were no new assignments or projects for me" and I wasn't working well as he stated and respected ECO failed to interpret it in its true meaning. My career got stuck at a point and I was restricted to basic duties and sometimes I was made fun for having no new dimensions in career, emotionally and mentally I started to suffer because of this. As time passed, I realized my true potential is being wasted and in order to save my chances of a flourishing career, my professional confidence and professional and self respect.
The misty September air froze against my skin; at least, it felt like it did. As we walked along the river, I debated the effectiveness of a faking an injury. Would we stop if I was hurt? Or would we continue to shuffle on, herded by orange traffic cones and dreary-eyed volunteers? Even now, years later, I still marvel at the fact the race starts at 8:00 AM.
An Unbleedable Tail On March 18, 2014, I thought I was a goner. Just about a week before that I had went and got my tonsils taken out. That day was just one of those days, nothing was going right. After the surgery the doctor came in and explains that the surgery went well but I did bleed more than most people and instead of cauterizing the holes shut, he had to stitch one.
The Change There I was, flopped on my bed, yet alerted the truck would come roaring down the street at any time. As I scanned through my window, patiently remaining in a tight pause. Then in the distance a tremendous noise, growing steadily becoming fiercer. Until I was able to see these glaring lights getting brighter and clearer, as they sliced through the cold morning.
“Different, Not Less” “I have to tell Monet about it!” Matt shouted across the parking lot. While twisting his fingers, he memorized the license plate number and model of the PT Cruiser as it drove away. My family and I travel around the country and Matt continues to recognize someone he met in the past: a waitress, a teacher, or a friend.
As a leader I strive to create inclusiveness and cohesive environments. For example, I have been a leader in a plethora of activities, but my proudest act of leadership is transforming my school’s art club. To provide context, I am the president of Lincoln Art Club, an organization run for the past forty years by students. Art Club participates in a yearly competition, Visual Arts Classic, and in previous years, students who did not compete felt Art Club closed its doors to them. That needed to be changed so I ran for Art Club president.
I remember being eleven years old and my friend, Gabby, had just gotten her first cell phone – it was a Virgin Mobile silver flip phone. I did not have a cell phone yet but I remember really wanting to have a Virgin Mobile flip phone just like her. I ended up with a ‘lesser cool’ version of her phone but nonetheless, that was the first time that the Virgin brand
When I was five years old, my family moved from our home country of Chile to the United States of America because of my dad’s job. This was the first time in my life that I had ever witnessed someone taking a life-changing leap. Not many people are willing to pack up all of their belongings and move 5,000 miles away from their family, friends, and home country, but my parents made this monumental decision because they believed that it was the best thing for our family. My parents were the first people I saw to take the road less traveled by, and it made a great difference for me. As a seventeen year-old kid in high school, I have not had many chances to take the road less traveled by.
My greatest accomplishment during my high school career was establishing a Key Club. Service has always been my greatest passion and my high school had a severe lack of service opportunities. Not a lot of service events were broadcasted to the school nor were there any service-based clubs. During my sophomore year, I took the initiative to start a Key Club with the local Kiwanis International chapter. For some unknown reason the school principle was very adverse to this idea.
After the tendency and the desire, then a person makes a conscious choice to want to lead (Greenleaf, 1977). A servant leader also ensures the needs of other’s are met because they believe it is the highest priority of a servant. (Greenleaf, 1977). Ways to enrich campus leadership programs