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Why I Should Be Selected For National Honor Society
I believe that character, service, and leadership are qualities that I possess in order to be selected for National Honor Society. My participation in sports, clubs, and community service throughout my high school career has helped me learn what it is to be a leader, and what it means to have good character. I have been on the cross country and track team for my freshman, sophomore, and junior year. I will also run cross country and track when I am a senior in the fall. Being a part of both of these teams has strengthened my character, and has made me a better leader. Especially now that I am a junior, I have been able to guide the under classmen. Not only when it came to practice or a meet, but I have also been able to help guide …show more content…
If someone is quiet on the team, for example, I will start talking to them and get to know them. I will engage everyone in conversations, and make sure everyone feels welcome on the team. I want to make sure that people know that I am an approachable person, and that anyone on the team can come to me anytime for any reason. Being a leader in this sense has a greater impact than leading the team in workouts or during a race because at the end of the day being a part of a team is so much more than the actual sport. It’s about being a family, and it’s important to me that everyone feels …show more content…
S.A.L.T stands for Student Athlete Leadership Training, and it is a club that you have to get chosen in order to be in. When we would have these meetings we would talk about what it means to be a good teammate, what is means to be a good leader, and what it takes to be a leader. We would read excerpts from books, and watch videos of examples of what a great leader looks like on a sports team. As a group we would discuss our thoughts and ideas about whichever topic we were discussing. This club was very beneficial because I was able to take what I already knew about being a leader, and apply it to our discussions as a group and learn even more. What I realized about being a good leader from my peers through our discussions was that before being a good leader, you have to be a good person and have good character. Character and leadership are traits that are connected because if you don’t have good character, how can you expect people to follow your example? I also just wanted to add that unfortunately, S.A.L.T did not meet this year, and that is why I’ve only been active in this club for my sophomore

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