Responsibility

Responsibilities are a part of everyday life. You have to take responsibility for your actions and acknowledge your responsibilities. This includes taking on certain tasks that may lead to learning, development or growing deeper on a personal level.

Now that we are in Year 12 and a part of the College leadership team, we’ve taken on a lot of responsibilities. We acknowledge these responsibilities and are ready to serve and develop others in the Pacific community.

As a leadership team, we are focusing on developing others through communication. Effective communication through different means will help to excel others’ responsibilities. Last week, the Year 12 leaders were invited to attend a lunch, to learn new skills about themselves and how to effectively use these with others. We were grouped into four categories: the party person ‘otter’; wise and powerful ‘lion’; analytical and correct ‘beaver’; or the easy going and relaxed ‘golden retriever’.

The leaders not only learnt about their own strengths and weaknesses but also those of their fellow classmates. The exercise hopefully helped them to identify their own strengths and how they can effectively communicate with a particular group of people.

- Emily Brewster and Elsa Jonsson