“You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together we can do great things.” This quotation of Mother Theresa can define one of the characteristic of a good leader which is giving trust and believe to each member. I think the cooperation of every member in one organization is very important as to know each other side, opinion and suggestions. The leader cannot productive output without the help of the member and the same with member, he/she cannot do productive output without the help of their leader and his/her co-member. Great leader must possess different positive characteristics to manage the entire organization and can provide good and performance of services.
While reading module, I remember myself when I was in Junior High School because I became the Vice President of Student Supreme Government. With that I realized that I am not good leader because I only possess some of the qualities of a good leader and we only have few program and project since our school is under development. Another thing, I realized that leader is not only the one who command what to do but also the first one to do the command and will be followed by the members. I also observed about not a good leader. She is the manager of one agency and she doesn’t want to listen to some opinion of her employees; it’s like whatever she told and that’s all. She doesn’t want to hear any questions unless that person is close with her. In relation with this, I think that kind of leader is not good to be idealize and needs to undergo training about leadership for herself and for the agency.
Back to my life again, I remember that on the previous month my classmates told me that they want me to be the President of our organization. But I cannot see myself on that position and it is hard for me to do the responsibilities. So, as I read in this module, I found out I am still not qualified to be a good leader, it seems like I only possess a half of the listed qualities of a good leader. On the other hand, if that will happen, I have no choice but to serve for them; so, I will need to adapt those qualities of a good leader. Also, I hope that I will acquire lessons, qualities and strategies through the topics in LTS. Moreover, as a pre-service teacher, I will need to become great leader to be able to handle my class and making sure that everyone is learning from me. Not only to handle the students but maybe with my co-teacher as well like having school program/event and in doing school requirements. As for my goal today, I will need be a good leader as a student, as a pre-service teacher and a citizen of this nation.
Jessa B. Bungay 