The bus I'm on just passed SCGS and I've just noticed this banner advertising the school. It's got this really nice tagline which I suppose sums up what education should be about anyway.
From a face in the crowd to the one the a crowd faces.
That's what my years in HC have taught me. To lead, and to stand out. Everyone's a leader in one way or another, and education is how you change from a follower in the crowd to a leader in your own right, in your own way. I've always been grateful to the school for all the chances I got to lead, to learn. JD said it last week during lunch after church, that the ultimate thing you get from leading is not about the leading yourself, but what you learn from it.
Being second in command sometimes seems almost as hard, if not harder than being the real leader. I thought that whatever I had to handle in ECCube back in High School wasn't much different, and that making the transition to the top wouldn't be that hard, a cinch even.
But I discovered otherwise this year after I was elected fencing president. It's not just because they're different CCAs, but because the sheer burden of knowing there's no one to rubberstamp your decisions, to check and make sure you don't screw up majorly. But while I've given it my all, and gotten hurt at some points in time, I still don't regret it, because I've learnt. I've learnt a lot. I've learnt to handle failure, to delegate, to motivate, to control my emotions. I'm not perfect, but each new situation teaches me something new.
My greatest satisfaction for now, will be when I hand over a thriving CCA to my junior batch next year, knowing that I've been part of the team to create a legacy and leave a strong team behind.
That, will be the best that I can ever do.
From a face in the crowd to the one the a crowd faces.
That's what my years in HC have taught me. To lead, and to stand out. Everyone's a leader in one way or another, and education is how you change from a follower in the crowd to a leader in your own right, in your own way. I've always been grateful to the school for all the chances I got to lead, to learn. JD said it last week during lunch after church, that the ultimate thing you get from leading is not about the leading yourself, but what you learn from it.
Being second in command sometimes seems almost as hard, if not harder than being the real leader. I thought that whatever I had to handle in ECCube back in High School wasn't much different, and that making the transition to the top wouldn't be that hard, a cinch even.
But I discovered otherwise this year after I was elected fencing president. It's not just because they're different CCAs, but because the sheer burden of knowing there's no one to rubberstamp your decisions, to check and make sure you don't screw up majorly. But while I've given it my all, and gotten hurt at some points in time, I still don't regret it, because I've learnt. I've learnt a lot. I've learnt to handle failure, to delegate, to motivate, to control my emotions. I'm not perfect, but each new situation teaches me something new.
My greatest satisfaction for now, will be when I hand over a thriving CCA to my junior batch next year, knowing that I've been part of the team to create a legacy and leave a strong team behind.
That, will be the best that I can ever do.