Youth Leadership Session 6

Okay, so I haven't really said anything about my leadership program on here yet, but I'll give a little overview. Last year when I was a sophomore, my principle (and then driver's ed teacher) informed us of a leadership program for juniors that runs throughout the entire school year once a month. It takes students from the different school districts in Tioga County, and it allows them to do things and see things that other students wouldn't have the opportunity to do. For example, each month we would go to a different business in Tioga Co. And for each month we would have an assignment to do and we would have to give a one-minute speech in front of the others at the next session.

Today was the sixth session. After this one we only have one more before we "graduate", and yes we have a graduation. We went to the courthouse in Wellsboro where we toured different areas of the courthouse. My personal favorite was going down and see the 911 Dispatch Center. This is where your call goes when you call 911 in Tioga County. It was really interesting, and I think that it would be a pretty cool career.

Also, we got to sit in on a commissioner's meeting. It was interesting because this meeting is open to the public, and some of the "public" had some very... uhhh... interesting comments. For example, one of the men just sat there are criticized pretty much everything that the government was doing. Apparently he is a regular, though, so the commissioner's knew exactly how to handle his "rudeness".

We also got to talk with some people who work with Sen. Scarnati, Congressman Thomas and Rep. Baker. It was interesting to hear about their jobs and what they enjoy about them. The more that I hear about government, the more interested I become. I still really want to be a vet, but if for some reason that doesn't work out for me, I am thinking more and more about pursuing a career in the government somewhere. Call me crazy, and maybe I am, but for some reason it's standing out to me.
So basically that was my day in a nutshell. The reason why I am posting all of this is because I am really lazy, and I don't want to have to work on the stuff for the 4 tests that I have to take tomorrow. Well... I probably should get to that so I don't fail.