By Ceara Schreibstein
As a leader of Berkeley High I define leadership as people coming together to effect change or put something into effect and to encourage others and be a role model for them. It takes persistence, open-mindedness and the willingness to work with others. This year as a leader I have experienced a team of people (member’s of Berkeley High’s class of 2019) that had never worked together before come together to share ideas and experiences in order to plan events and make Berkley High a better experience for everyone. Through this, I have seen some failures, but I have also recognized the come back from these in which people step up more as leaders to try to perfect their ideas and gain insight for the future. This year freshman leadership worked on planning a tropical dance for the freshman and sophomore classes to attend. Unfortunately, after a few weeks of getting the dance together, we realized that there was not going to be enough attendees to make it a fun unifying event for students. While this was a setback, I think this happened because the dance was not publicized enough, and possibly not appealing to a wide range of people. However, right away during the freshman meetings, we began planning a new event that would be appealing for more people and still fulfill our ultimate job as leaders at Berkeley High, to create a safe, fun and unified place for all students. Ideas or dreams not becoming a reality is something everyone encounters throughout their lives. That does not make you a failure unless you stop trying to come up with new ideas. The second you get back up and try a new idea with the resources you have, you have empowered yourself to become a leader. In the future, I will use this experience to pick myself up and endure if something goes wrong. Strong leaders are the people that allow things to happen behind the scenes in order to produce a smooth product, and we encourage everyone to be leaders.