Many times, people have to see an occurrence before they will acknowledge that it happens. For myself, I was aware of various forms of leadership, but fortunately, the worse forms, up until now, were learned about in school through books or observed in movies. Experience calls for one to step up to the plate and acknowledge that an event is taking place in their real everyday lives. My point is this, I went to my high school's homecoming basketball game over j-term and was amazed by the following occurrence, where I learned what will happen upon the graduation of the current class.
I know that many types of leadership are in practice, but until this recent act, I was not used to bad leadership hitting so close to home. The school is a small, "Christian" environment, and yet they seek to deny the valedictorian her right to the title and honor that accompany her position as head of the class. The hypocrisy and treatment of students in this environment displays a horrible example of leadership and what a good leader should do. I saw for myself that the school I attended since kindergarten has fallen to awful forms of leadership and how this bad guidance can affect the reaches of opinion and influence of those associated with the school.
Due to the religion of the top student in the class, she is unable to receive the honor of valedictorian. Even though this rule is not written in any of the agreements and guidelines for attending the school, she is not to be rewarded for her effort and grades. Fulfilling every requirement needed according to school policy, the administration will not honor her position. This is the worst example of leadership to me because the leaders are performing exactly opposite of the values they teach. Not only has this effected the students at the school, but also those people who are associated with the establishment. Actions on the leaders of the school affect others in addition to themselves, and their poor leadership has a wide sphere of pollution.
