Although being away from home can be uncomfortable, its essential to develop independency, interpersonal skills, and leadership over self and others. The first time I traveled away from my home for an extended period of time I was the age of thirteen. My parents thought it was a good idea for me to understand structure and discipline outside of what they taught me. They decided a military academy program was proficient and introduced me to the idea a week or so before I was shipped off. At the time I refused to see the benefits I might receive from this but what I learned in those six and a half weeks helped shaped who I am today, starting with how I learned about independency. Independency is one of the most important things I learned in my …show more content…
I believe this because it has been the thing that has shaped my life to the point that it is now. I came to see that leadership is in all areas of life and is crucial to maintaining a successful lifestyle. For example, the instructors at Wentworth would force upon us seemingly impossible tasks and group builders. One of which involved two platforms suspended in the air, three planks, and our objective to build a bridge crossing point A to point B. We had no rope to tie the boards and no additional equipment to use besides what we had immediately available. We struggled to find a way to secure the planks and create a stable platform to walk-or sprint- across. After a while we seemed to exhaust all available options when the idea came to use our belts ( to supplement our lack of rope). Our plan Z idea turned out useful as we completed the task and moved on-dreadfully-to the next objective. What I got from this is you always have the power to quit what you’re doing and say it’s impossible, or instead you lead yourself and those around you and do what’s considered impossible. With the leadership role that I took part in at Wentworth- and not just this situation-I learned that leadership is a very crucial thing to