Monday, March 18, 2013

What? Why Leadership?

So, it’s just a regular Wednesday, as usual. I’m riding home form school in my car and I start a conversation with my mom about my seminar symposium project. A seminar symposium project at my school is a project that all of the seminar students at my school, Roosevelt MS, must complete. Each year we must do a project on the theme that is introduced. A short history…
6th grade: Everyone was split up into groups of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders and given a topic to create an imovie on. It was a DISASTER because of my group’s lack of effort, and the challenges we faced along the way. On the other hand, I was the leader and I felt that I did all that I could to make the project the best that it could be.
7th grade: Exploring your passions. This was an individual project that consisted of picking one of your passions and pursuing it. I chose entomology and created a picture/informative book on entomology (the study of bugs) and bugs from around the world. **See Attached**
8th grade (present): Exploring your passions again! However, this year I chose one of my other passions, LEADERSHIP! In fact, that’s what this blog is all about!
Anyway, back to my conversation with my mom… So, I wanted to start a blog. At this point, I didn’t know what my blog would be about or anything like that, but I wanted my final product to be some sort of educational blog.
Mom:  Okay, but what would your blog be about? Music? Track? Literature?
Me: No, no, no. 
Mom: What about leadership?
At this point I’m completely hooked.
Me: But what would my blog actually be about?
Mom: Well, you could look at different leadership positions, literature on the subject, conferences, what it means to be a leader…
Me: Mom, you’re a genius!
As our car drive continues we discuss the logistics of the project and I am super excited! I often visit NPR.org as soon as I arrive home so I proceeded to hop on the computer. The first article that caught my eye was “In Animal Kingdom, Voting of a Different Sort Reigns.” It sounded interesting, so I clicked on it. My first response was OMG! It’s a three part series on leadership. Yup, that’s when I decided to create this blog. This is my niche. I’m a leader all day long!

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