Describe something you learned in high school.

I learned a great many things in high school, in this case I’ll focus on leadership.

I was the captain of the drum line and very active in the music program at my high school. I learned that the best way to lead was by example. I could read music fairly well (still can) so I would learn and memorize my parts then I’d assist the other percussionists that could not read their parts. I’d read their parts and then teach them through repetition (rote), until they memorized theirs as well.

I’d also had a few years of practical marching band experience so I would assist them with their esprit decor so they marched correctly stay and step and kept the lines perfectly straight.

I also learned a great deal about responsibility as in when things didn’t go correctly I would get screamed at in front of the band. so I had a incentive to make the drums as good as they could possibly so that we wouldn’t get yelled at. Sometimes I succeeded other times I failed but in the end, we became very good and won some pretty serious trophies during my tenure.

The best lessons I learned in high school where that leadership not only comes with demonstrating by example, but also taking responsibility whether it was just or unjust. it really made me grow up and a lot of the lessons I learned I carried on in life.

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