Blog 36

When I was in elementary school in Korea, during summer break, I went to the leadership camp where it helps children to gain leadership. When I first heard from my parents that I have to go to the leadership camp, I was not happy because I wanted to play with my friends on vacation and do not want to do some kind of study. For the first few days in the camp, it was hard to listen to what teacher is talking about and try to play with nearby friends. However, after first few days, I was getting bored with playing with friends. Then I tried to listen to the teacher. While the teacher is teaching to the little kids, he tried to make the speech funny as much as possible. The teacher mentioned that it is important to gain leadership from when we are young. When we become adults, then the leadership we are having will help us to live well in our society. He also mentioned that when we become leaders in society later, it is important to take care of the other people and try to work for them. After the speech, we practiced to have the leadership. We had to make the speech ourselves and talked about it in front of everyone. I was not sure it really helped us at that time. However, I think at least it calmed me down when I talk in front of many people. So, I think even though the kids do not like the leadership camp and just want to play, I recommend to parent that their children need to gain leadership from when they are young.