Leadership, Thursday, Period 1, Class 3 (9/18/08)

[1petrelli1.livejournal.com]

"You're in charge, congratulations," Nathan said. "Now what? Implicit in being a leader is that you have somewhere that you want to go. You have a vision, a goal, and that's what you're leading everyone towards.

"Successful leaders have a solid vision. They know what they want, which helps them figure out how to get it. It also helps you stay on course. If your goal is to see a movie tonight, you know that heading to the beach is not going to help you accomplish that.

"Visions can be adapted, but you have to have one to start with." Nathan looked around. "For today's class you'll work together to start forming one. I've split you all into groups. Imagine that your group has the power to make society be whatever you want it to be. What is it like? What do people eat? Where do they work? Where do they live? What do they do for fun? What is the population like? Be specific. For example, maybe your ideal society includes people who walk instead of using cars. Maybe your society values poets more than sports figures. Use your imagination. Once you have that figured out, try to narrow it down to simple, declarative sentences. As an added bonus, these statements make for good campaign slogans. 'A chicken in every pot' may ring a bell for some of you.

"Good luck. I'm here if you need me."

Groups:

Group One:
Summer Roberts
Jaina Solo
Andros
Andrew Wiggin
Teyla Emmagan

Group Two:
Tabitha-Ruth Wexler
Momoko Akatsutsumi
Meg Powers
Agnes Nitt
Ben Skywalker

Group Three:
Teddy Altman
Dor
Joan Girardi
Bender
Hinata Hyuuga

Group Four:
Lucas Scott
Evey Hammond
Tony Foster
Alex Drake


[ooc: OCD is up! Credit for class exercise goes here]

Comments

Re: Group 2

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"And you've got one of those!" Turtle said, beaming proudly and pointing to herself in case they didn't realize that she was referring to herself.

Re: Group 2

[momslilassassin]

"You're a lawyer?" Ben looked confused. "But you're not a droid."

Re: Group 2

[meg-powers.livejournal.com]

"And you don't look like you've sold your soul to the devil," Meg added.

Re: Group 2

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle shook her head. "You guys are terrible. We're not all that bad! Just look at Mister Petrelli!"

Re: Group 2

[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

Agnes felt like she ought to contribute something, but wasn't really sure which side to take. "Um... Only some of the lawyers where I'm from are undead monsters?"

Re: Group 2

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

One hand covering her face, Turtle's other hand was busy putting her finger on a piece of paper and tapping it a few time. "We're writing it down," she said. "Our society only has good lawyers. Yes, they exist."

She barely refrained from adding a I hate you all.

Re: Group 2

[heromaniac]

Momoko was a bit behind. She completely agreed with what was being decided and it seemed as if eerytime she came up with a question, someone else in her group spoke up first. She was obviously in the right group! She waited a moment, then raised her hand.

"Are we going to each have our own territory to run and then come together on issues that affect us all? Or are we going to be one whole and rule everyone equally? Or, say the farmers in the North want something that the city dwellers in the West are against? Are we five going to be the ones who decide all of that, do we let the locals have their own government that we outrank, or do we each have control of an area?"

Re: Group 2

[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

"I think," Agnes answered, "that we'd better rule as one whole. That way, when we start to bicker amongst ourselves, we don't have our own little armies to back us up."