Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Leaders

It kept me thinking when i was trying to sleep on my bed.Lying down on my bed thoughtlessly until this matter hit on me.The question is

Problems faced by leaders today

Leaders.Lets check up on its definition on dictionary.com

Pronunciation=[lee-der]
–noun
1. a person or thing that leads.
2. a guiding or directing head, as of an army, movement, or political group.
3. Music.
a. a conductor or director, as of an orchestra, band, or chorus.
b. the player at the head of the first violins in an orchestra, the principal cornetist in a band, or the principal soprano in a chorus, to whom any incidental solos are usually assigned.
4. a featured article of trade, esp. one offered at a low price to attract customers. Compare loss leader.
5. Journalism.
a. leading article (def. 1).
b. Also called leading article. British. the principal editorial in a newspaper.
6. blank film or tape at the beginning of a length of film or magnetic tape, used for threading a motion-picture camera, tape recorder, etc. Compare trailer (def. 6).
7. Angling.
a. a length of nylon, silkworm gut, wire, or the like, to which the lure or hook is attached.
b. the net used to direct fish into a weir, pound, etc.
8. a pipe for conveying rain water downward, as from a roof; downspout.
9. a horse harnessed at the front of a team.
10. leaders, Printing. a row of dots or a short line to lead the eye across a space.
11. Nautical. lead 1 (def. 40b).
12. a duct for conveying warm air from a hot-air furnace to a register or stack.
13. Mining. a thin vein of ore connected with a large vein.

Whoa i did not know there were THAT much of a meaning of the word leader.But the most recognized meaning of leader is

1. a person or thing that leads.
2. a guiding or directing head, as of an army, movement, or political group.

Leaders as you all know are certain people whom leads the people,group,villagers and etc.But how is a leader chosen?The most logical way and fairest of them all is through Democracy.And of all what does even Democracy mean in Malaysia?It is not even practiced by the leaders of Malaysia what more do we expect from the upcoming young generations in school?

Leaders are ones whom not necessarily leading them WITHOUT a leader a school society for an example.Societies, they too have a place called President where he/she will lead the club and under the advisory of teacher advisers.From that prospect it has lead to another conflict where democracy is not practiced.

I had my first hand experience.It is not who we are and how good are we in leading to be the leader no,not at all in fact in school's(not all mostly) its like this, "Can you work with me,Can you handle me,Can you take the heat" what is all of this bullshit got to do?Even CANDIDATES themselves are not VOTED by majority of the society in it but only chosen by the teacher adviser and seniors whom we work with.Some are even picked by their "leader-ish" looks and voila the next thing we know he get a super high post where even one of the candidates which already have 1 year of experience in it don't even get that far?Is this the leaders today?

It is a very controversial issue that things like this easily gets out of hand and bonds in society gets shaken and most probably ending up in failures.Worst cases, some teacher that favors a certain student and wants him to be whatever he wants might even gets the post regardless of what he had done for the club or it could even be RACISM.What shit of democracy can be witnessed through this?Don't even dream of having democracy in the politics if this is where it is going.

Once appointed as a leader the same issue keeps coming on and on again.Less members attending,cooperation not given and etc.What does this certain phrase mean "you have to gain their respect,respect have to be earned it does not come and go".Through democracy wouldn't it solve it in some case,alright not entirely but cutting down the conflict in a society is assured.Through "Candidates-Without-Experience-Willing-And-Able-To-Work-With-Teachers" as presidents a lot might not agree with the decisions made and he/she will face difficulties him/herself as well as the teacher adviser.It does not make any sense in leading the community at all but worsening it by conflicts of disagreements of one and another.

All of this is just my point of view.But once he/she has been chosen we got no choice but to accept of course this is Malaysia.And Malaysia's famous slogan is!

MALAYSIA BOLEH!

1 comment:

gh khor said...

It is sad, it is true and it is happening... Don't just accept things. Voice up your opinions but stay rational, stabilize your emotion . You will be a leader for sure.