I'm an Iconoclast
Iconoclast : a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition. a breaker or destroyer of images I do not believe that everyone can become a leader, if you define leadership as the ability to accomplish together what you cannot as individuals. I do not believe that leaders are all adults, meaning that people as young as 3 lead and as young as 10 can be taught to lead with sophistication. I do not believe that people who understand youth, understand leadership and those who understand leadership, know how to identify and develop adolescent leaders. I do not believe that teaching gifted and talented students how to lead is the same as identifying and training students gifted in leadership. I do not believe that just calling something leadership is actually leadership, in that most school and adolescent "leadership" programs are actually about self-esteem, academics, confidence, character and any num...