Leadership

a) Transformational leadership; a person that has functioned as a transformational leader in my life.

I have always had to be pushed by my parents to go to school, do my homework, and study for my exams. This has been the case until college days. Growing up, I have never been able to understand the purpose of studying let aside having to go to school, that, on the other hand, did not stop me from going to school and doing my homework simply because I either go to school or get punished, and I chose to go to school. By the age of eighteen, right after finishing high school, I was fortunate enough to receive a scholarship to study abroad. The United States of America is where I chose to go to based on my friends feedback. Before being accepted to the college I went to, I had to be enrolled into an English program in preparation for the Toefl exam that I had to pass in order to be accepted. At the beginning, it was pretty challenging to wake up and go to the English program without the help of my mother waking me up by dragging me off my bed and into the bathroom. Few days later, I learned that I had to depend on myself since my parents are no longer around to "push" me to go to school and do my assignments and so on. Two months passed, and I managed to pass the first two English levels with decent grades.   In the third English level, I met a teacher whose name is Joe. Joe was my "English college writing" teacher. In his class, I received my very first "F" in the first exam he gave me. Getting an "F" came as shocking news to me since despite how carless I have always been, I have never failed any class. Because of that, I decided that I need to study harder to the point that I almost spent most of my days reading and writing random stuff so I can improve my English writing skills. Thinking I was ready for the next exam, I went ahead with confidence to the second exam yet to receive another "F". At this point, I was frustrated and decided to look at what is it that...