Trisha Bemboem: A Positive Role Model

Student council has been a substantial part of my life since 3rd grade and I’ve always strived to be the best leader I can be. Trisha Bemboom has helped me immensely in student council and more throughout my whole high school career. Mrs. Bemboom has helped me to improve myself as a leader, to learn to stick to my responsibilities, and to get involved. First of all, one of the most essential things about student council is being a positive leader for the rest of the school. Mrs. Bemboom has been an admirable role model in this area. By watching her run meetings and events, it has helped me to learn how to best run meetings and events as the student council president. As a matter of fact, I see myself more as a quiet leader and not as comfortable as most when it comes to talking in front of a group or crowd. Mrs. Bemboom has unquestionably pushed me to go out of my comfort zone and I’ve learned that being an exceptional leader includes having to deal with being in difficult situations. …show more content…
Bemboom help me to be a positive leader, but she teaches me to stick to my responsibilities as well. My schedule can get overcrowded sometimes with my AP courses, other activities, and my job, but Mrs. Bemboom has taught me that even if I have all these other things going on, I need to keep up on my responsibilities in student council too. For example, this year the executive board set a goal to fill out an application for a National Council of Excellence award. We were slacking and were not getting it done as well as we planned. I admit that I wasn’t as focused on it as I should have been and I’m glad that Mrs. Bemboom got us back on track and dealt with our lapse in our