Displaying leadership, service, and character is, to me, very important. I have shown leader ship in many different ways throughout my life, one example being in the classroom. When there are table discussions I usually lead the group and try to make sure that everyone in that group has a chance to talk, government class has been a great example. Mr. Furlong gives us time to talk out controversial topics, and I help direct people at my table share what their views are with out belittlement by actively listening and responding in a positive way. Also when I respond to someone's thoughts and opinions I try to remain as open minded to their views because they are not always parallel. Another example would be that a sophomore at the beginning …show more content…
I consistently try to have a positive attitude when I am around other people. One example would be this summer, I was on multiple trips and I was traveling for long periods of time, so when I reached the destinations, I was exhausted. However, I tried my best to not let my sleep deprivation get to interrupting the time that I would have to interact with the people that were around me. This gave me a perspective on how it does not matter how I feel it matters how I make other people feel when they are around …show more content…
Just a few years ago I was uncomfortable asking people for help and stepping out of my comfort zone, but being in places where I was strongly encouraged to reach out to strangers was very helpful. I faced many challenges with reaching out to people especially in Spain. Since I did not speak the same language, fluently, it was very hard to communicate with people to ask for assistance. I quickly overcame that by finding ways to communicate the words that I did not know. In addition, when I am around both of my grandmothers, I have to find out ways to keep them calm because one has dementia and the other is suffering the side effects of a stroke. Talking with and helping them with various tasks helped me become more observant to a person's behavior to try and keep them from getting to stressed about a situation. Recently my father's mother accompanied me in celebrating my father's birthday and I could tell that she was getting stressed and I could tell all she needed was a hand to hold, so I did that for