Last week I finished my application to become a PGC leader; the last stage of the application was a retreat were the application was taken to a whole more personal level were we where tested on our abilities. A PGC leader is someone who is capable of setting an example of a role model student to the upcoming freshmen; the role of a PGC leader is to approach the freshmen in a friendly manner, and help them ease their transition to high school. During the retreat, the former PGC leaders spoke to us about what it takes to become a PGC leader. I never thought it would be such a big responsibility. I figured that by becoming a PGC leader, I was committing to a big responsibility. I didn’t only have to be responsible for myself now, but also for the freshmen; meaning that everything I do will affect them in a positive or negative way. This puts me in a position of great responsibility were I have to be more cautious with what I do, and the reputation I maintain. Having such a big responsibility really frightened me; the fact that I have the power to control how the next four years of the freshmen’s life will turn out really terrifies me. So I began to think, am I ready to take such a big responsibility? Can I handle this? I don’t know, and I guess I will never know until I accept the challenge.
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Last week Mr. Bon spoke to us about vanity metrics, and actionable metrics, I’ve been thinking about this for a few days now, and I came to a question. HOW CAN YOU MEASURE SUCCESS?You see we all work hard hoping to become “successful people”, but think about it; how successful do you have to be in order to be considered a “successful person”? How do you measure success? The typical image we have of a successful person is someone with a lot of money who is really popular and well known among others. But tell me; are money and popularity actionable measures of success? Of course not! Money and popularity are what we call, vanity metrics. We tend to think that we can measure success by the amount of money we have, or the amount of people that know us; but the truth is, money doesn’t mean absolutely anything if you earned it doing something you hate, or if you have no one to share it with, on the other hand, being popular and knowing a lot of people, has absolutely no value if none of those people are real friends. The question that tortures my mind now is: Is there a quantitative way to measure success?What do you want to do for the rest of your life? This is a question that we’ve heard a lot in the last two months. “It’s all about following your passion, and doing what you like” they say, “you wouldn’t want to end working in something you don’t like”. Truth is we are only 16 years old; how are we supposed to have an idea close to what we want to do for the rest of our lives? Yes, we are all passionate about something, but passions come and go, they can change and vary, it’s completely normal for a teenager to change passions or interests constantly, because we are constantly exploring different fields and topics. What are the chances that you can actually know exactly the profession that fits you best, if you haven’t even had the opportunity to explore all the areas that interest you. What I’m trying to state here is that, for example, how am I supposed to know that I want to have a psychology-related career, if I haven’t had any experience in psychology, or psychology related topics? But think about it, why do we have to make that decision now? In class, like in life, you can always decide to pivot and take another road. Nothing is set in stone, we should always continue exploring, and keep our options open; remember, you can change your career whenever you like. Actually, most people end up working in something completely different to what they majored in college. We shouldn’t think about what we want to do for the rest of our lives, that’s extremely hard to know, and almost impossible to predict at this point in our lives. Instead we should be thinking about what are our interests NOW, what brings us joy, what motivates us, what makes us happy; these are questions we should ask ourselves.
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