The National Honor Society: Senior Patrol Leader

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Throughout history the National Honor Society has become synonymous with the best of the best. A school club that has built a legacy on students who exemplify the ideals of leadership, service, character, and citizenship. To even be considered for a group of this nature would be an honor within itself. Leadership is simply defined as the action of leading a group of people or an organization however, I believe leadership to be much more than simply being in charge. True leadership is simply more than being bossy and I have learned this through my experiences within boy scouts. Being the Senior Patrol Leader of our troop taught me that in real leadership there will be problems however, a real leader will work for the good of the group and

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