Community service and leadership
I was a student leader for 4 years in Secondary School. It wasn't that an easy job. I remember I had to champion for my school's Environment, Health and Safety - a topic which at that age, many youths will deem as "uncool" and "not important". However, I was sensible enough to know the importance of creating and maintaining an environment that is conducive for studying. After school, I would patrol the classrooms to check if the conditions are right. Whenever there are "problems", I would have to tap on my network of friends from the different classes to nudge them into getting their class to cooperate and make the school a better place for all of us. I believe that because of my personable character, I had my network of friends, and the ability to influence them on an "uncool" matter.
I also participate actively in many Community Service Projects(please refer to Supporting Documents), the most memorable one was leading a group of 26 students in the Willing Hearts Soup Kitchen Volunteering Programme. As I was overall in-charge, I had to coordinate the duty rooster, assign work and time schedule for everyone. As a leader, I had to motivate my peers towards the good cause of caring for the Elderlies & Disabled. Some had bad attitude of reporting late, whilst some did not want to get their hands dirty. I had to be the positive source of energy to effectively inspire and lead them to complete a common task.
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