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Muslim Interscholastic Tournament

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Being a notable leader doesn’t just mean your name was the one spoken when help was needed, but you were there before the help was needed. In the case of arranging my school going to a competition I was the default leader. Muslim Interscholastic Tournament (MIST) is a nation wide tournament where thousands of Muslims in high school compete against each other. I was the elected Vice President of student council and took it upon myself to voice the student’s opinion. After much back and forth, the school allowed us to go on the condition of the school not arranging anything for the tournament. Being the one who took the initiative to convince the school, I started arranging the teachers, transportation, and funding for this tournament. Like any …show more content…

Then after much practice came for the competition, came the actual day of the competition. The day all the hard work and sweat would come to play. The first day progressed smooth with not much trouble, but once the second day came, the effect of being told what to do came to play. When I changed the time to arrive at school, to a later time, some of the students took this negatively. The purpose of this was to give the students more time to sleep because of the competition ending late. Rather than being grateful for more sleep-time, some students said, “Why is student council dictating what we do? We should have a say in this?” When leading a group of students, it is impossible to please every single student, but nonetheless, this was a learning experience. Rather than ignoring this student’s concern, I took it into account and discussed any time changes with the students before officially changing them. Then, finally came the last day, the most challenging. This was the awards ceremony day. More than one thousand people filled the hall, and sitting in the first row is what every school wants. To accomplish this, I consulted the students and inquired them, “What is the best time to arrive at the venue to obtain the best seats?” Once agreeing on the time, I thought this was my last worry, but this was not the case. On the third day, with arriving

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