TakingITGlobal - Panorama - OSSSA is A-OK!

Published on: Mar 19, 2002

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The Ontario Secondary School Student's Association is one of a kind. It is the only student-run organization for the students of ontario of it's kind and i'm proud ot be a part of it. No other organization runs over 10 leadership conferences a year and invites students from all over the province to come and lead or be led in activities that promote student leadership. I myself started at the bottom of the organzational pyramid. I went to my first conference almost 2 years ago as a delegate and had the time of my life. I met people that i had no idea exsisted and began to appreciate what i had more and saw what i could be in the smiling, supportive faces of the people in my session group. I still talk to the people from that first session, but i now have 6 conferences behind me and i'm working on my 7th. Being a leader is the most amazing experience i have ever had the chance to have. I would have never ran for student council or even ran for Minister of Public Relations for my region if it had not been for the people at that first conference. They made me feel alive, worthwhile and a pleasure to be with. This was a way I had never thought of myself before. It was uplifting and gave me something that never had before; self confidence. So when I rose the occasion and ran for students council, I had the hearts of a hundred backing me up. The encouraging words of my friends from the conferences I had been to rang in my ears as i gave my speach in front of the 900 students of my school. Their eyes were fixed on me and I was scared half to death, 1800 eyes watching you, waiting for you to flub a word or make a slip of the tongue. but I held my composure and kept talking until it was time to sit down. Those were the hardest 3 minutes of my life. Needless to say, I didn't win. But I didn't care. I had concured a fear that had haunted me for years; Public speaking.

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by whitney
Published on: Mar 19, 2002
Topic:
Type: Opinions
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=260


The Ontario Secondary School Student's Association is one of a kind. It is the only student-run organization for the students of ontario of it's kind and i'm proud ot be a part of it. No other organization runs over 10 leadership conferences a year and invites students from all over the province to come and lead or be led in activities that promote student leadership. I myself started at the bottom of the organzational pyramid. I went to my first conference almost 2 years ago as a delegate and had the time of my life. I met people that i had no idea exsisted and began to appreciate what i had more and saw what i could be in the smiling, supportive faces of the people in my session group. I still talk to the people from that first session, but i now have 6 conferences behind me and i'm working on my 7th. Being a leader is the most amazing experience i have ever had the chance to have. I would have never ran for student council or even ran for Minister of Public Relations for my region if it had not been for the people at that first conference. They made me feel alive, worthwhile and a pleasure to be with. This was a way I had never thought of myself before. It was uplifting and gave me something that never had before; self confidence. So when I rose the occasion and ran for students council, I had the hearts of a hundred backing me up. The encouraging words of my friends from the conferences I had been to rang in my ears as i gave my speach in front of the 900 students of my school. Their eyes were fixed on me and I was scared half to death, 1800 eyes watching you, waiting for you to flub a word or make a slip of the tongue. but I held my composure and kept talking until it was time to sit down. Those were the hardest 3 minutes of my life. Needless to say, I didn't win. But I didn't care. I had concured a fear that had haunted me for years; Public speaking. « return.