Humility

Humility is a modest or low view of one's own importance or in other words, humility means to be humble. Being humble is being modest. Someone who doesn't brag about themselves and isn't so conceited. As teenagers we do struggle to be humble most of the time. When we accomplish something, we have the tendency to brag and show off about it. The proper thing to do would be to show humility and keep those emotions in check. A good thing to keep in mind on showing humility would be, "one person's feat is another's defeat." This quote basically means that even though one person has success, another person may be struggling to find that success in their own lives.

Attitude

Attitude is a way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behavior. Our attitude is always drastically changing based on our own feelings towards something or someone. A person’s attitude can change from positive to negative at any given moment. As imperfect humans, we respond to things in our day with attitude. Some things make us happy and other things make us mad. Our attitude is directly reflected on the way we act. A person’s attitude can change the whole course of how their day plays out. Attitude also shows people what kind of person you actually are, I mean if you have a bad attitude all the time, you wouldn't really be a fun person to be around whereas if you have a good and positive attitude all the time, people would want to be around you.

Gratitude

Gratitude to me is being in the moment and acknowledging the love and happiness all around me. It's being thankful and grateful for something. Basic acts of gratitude can simply be saying “please” or “thank you”. Showing gratitude can be viewed as respectful, and is a very good characteristic to have. When we were all little kids, we all struggled with showing gratitude and always had to be reminded to be grateful for the little things in life. Gratitude also keeps us all humble. An example where we would all show gratitude would be thanksgiving. It's a feast day which is also in celebration of all we've got to be thankful for. Gratitude is a very mature characteristic and the ability to show gratitude can bring you one step closer to becoming a responsible adult.

What does it mean to be a leader?

Leadership can be defined in many different ways. A leader is someone that many people look to for direction, guidance, and inspiration. It's important for leaders to be able to make difficult decisions and to know and do what is right for others. We can also define leadership as a process of leading people in the right direction in order to achieve their goals. Most leaders are ordinary people; you can walk down the street and run into someone and not know that they are a very powerful leader. Some people might believe that leaders are born and not made, I believe that anyone can be a leader if they have enough courage and determination. The most popular characteristics used to describe a good leader would be a good listener, responsible, and decisive. Leaders are always looking and encouraging the team to give them feedback so they can work to better themselves. I believe the best quality a leader should have is integrity. It reflects a deep commitment to do the right thing for the right reason, regardless of the circumstances. I also think a great leader should have courage, creativity, trustworthiness, courage, passion, patience and be open-minded to new ideas.

What does it mean to be a totem?

Being a totem means to be proud of attending Aldergrove Community Secondary School. I know a lot of students that attend this school and aren't quite proud of it and I think that they should be. Lots of my friends ask me why am I even in leadership? Well, because I want to make this school a better place and make use of all the things we have access to. This year, we have an exceeding number of kids in our leadership class which is great because it shows that what we've been doing in the past couple years has been working and now the new students coming into the school want to be a part of it. This school has come a long way, some people might not see it but it's actually a very good school. Our athletic program is awesome because we have access to the turf fields, the bike park and the baseball diamonds. Our school is a little small in population but I feel as though that's a good thing because when you're walking around the school you recognize everyone whereas other schools have so many people that you wouldn't recognize them outside school. Overall, being a totem is just being proud of going to ACSS and showing your school spirit by joining all the clubs and teams we have available.