GRANT SHAO’S CORNER
As a senior in high school, currently struggling through college applications, I
am reflecting back on my past three years, wondering just what did I do and how I
have changed since the beginning of high school. Well, one of the major things that
have changed me from a timid, thinks-he-knows-everything little boy into a love-tospeak, always learning adult, almost ready to take on the real world, would be the
different leadership positions I’ve had and the various occasions I’ve had to
demonstrate teamwork. But why am I writing this on a Technology Student
Association Newsletter? I know it’s still early, but I would like every TSA member
to start thinking about maybe getting a leadership position at the chapter level or
be courageous and aim for a state position, and once there, move on to the national
level.
So why be in a leadership position, especially, why in TSA? There is so much
you learn in a leadership position. If you are a chapter officer, you understand the
inner workings of what goes on to make TSA, TSA at the chapter level. You come to
understand the preparation work, the officer meetings, the financial crises that lead
to the numerous fundraising, and more. Then you think back to when you were just
a member. What did you want to see your chapter improve on? Was the year filled
with no activities that engaged you? Did you want to have activities beyond the
competitive events? Well, as a leader, you now have more say in these matters than