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Originally Posted by davidthefat
edit: Would you find it rude if a Junior ran against you for a leadership position if you were a Senior? I am not sure if this guy is going to run again, but he was the programming leader this year, but I pretty ended up being "the" programmer...
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I know this question has been answered. But I'm going to answer it from experience. I was a junior this year and it was only my second year on the team. In fact, on my first year I was the electrical sub-team captain. This year I decided to run for team-captain against a senior who has been on the team sense it's beginning 3 years ago. His last year is next year and he thought for sure his last two years he would be able to be team-captain. I actually happened to win the voting and was team captain this year. I know for a fact that he never respected me the entire year. He was hurt by the fact that it was only my second year on the team and he felt him being older, and more experienced that it was his right to be captain.
You asked what they would fill, it's possible that is what they will fill. Or they accept you won it for the right reasons, and take it in stride.
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Now I would like to do something here.
This thread seems to have been started to tell what a good leader is. But it also seems like it is only talking about what a good programming leader is. I would like to submit the following questions.
What is a great leader?
How do you become a great leader? Is it a gift, or something that can be learned?
I ask these because this being my first year as the team leader I was still learning how to lead well. I was able enough to get all the students(save one) to like me and follow me as their leader. The problem was most of the mentors. The engineering mentors (including our Boeing mentor) along with the head mentor, did not like me. They all said I was too strong willed and never listened to them. (Which was followed by the words "You aren't allowed on this team next year", looks like the senior will have his chance after all.
) I wont deny that, but that was mainly when they said stuff like "Riveting is a lot stronger than welding", "It's impossible to weld aluminum" and "80/20 is a lot lighter that extruded aluminum." On the last one they failed to account for the weight of the brackets and only went by pounds per foot.
Anyway, my biggest point is this. How does a high school student become a great leader? Is this even possible? Should their be restrictions on who can lead and who can't? I would love to hear everyone's opinions on this.
Requesting your $0.02
-Rion