Essay On Higher Ground Leadership

One time I assumed leadership was when I was a leader at Higher Ground. Higher Ground is a leadership building camp in the mountains of Colorado. Campers spend a week in the mountains doing extreme actives such as rock climbing, water rafting, and high ropes courses. I was a camper at first then they invited me back a second year to be a leader. My responsibilities were that I made sure all first time campers got the most out of every activity. Through those activities there were some kids who were struggling at some activities. I motivated them to keep pushing on, giving them pointers on how to complete the activity. I felt connection to the campers within a week. For example even though I didn’t do a challenge myself, I still felt accomplished by helping out the campers to complete the activity. This experience taught me to trust people who I never meet before.

One of my biggest challenges has been school. My freshman year I went to an all boys school called Sims Fayola. I didn’t do all that well, and so I fell behind in credits. My sophomore year I changed to a school called Vista Academy. It turned out to be a really good school for me.
M first trimester there I mostly made As & Bs, and I also made honor roll, going from being behind in credits to actually being ahead in my …show more content…
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