This blog was originally started as just an assignment for my leadership class, as a recitation of the different concepts learned there. Over time, however, I was able to start to better understand the purpose of it, and adapt my writing to it.
What I thought was the purpose of the course at first was to teach students "leadership concepts" and how to better interact in group settings. While it touched on these subjects, the course did not really "teach" the biggest parts, at least not in the conventional sense, because I believe it wasn't meant to teach them. Instead, we the students already had these concepts in mind, but couldn't really bring them forward or direct them anywhere. That is where the course stepped in! We were given a focus to these thoughts, and the introduction of our community involvement allowed us to explore these concepts in more detail. The course allowed us to build bridges among the concepts, and find new and innovative ways to explore and apply them. I especially, being home schooled almost my entire life, found this course to be a pretty big eye-opener to the outside world, and it was slow going for me at first.
Now at the closing of this blog and the semester, I feel like I was able to not so much discover as rediscover the core of my values. And with the continuation of my education, I'll also continue to advance my studies in leadership, and apply the concepts I've seen to as many areas I can in life.
