My thoughts
For the 3rd Apollo project, Megan Feser, the person who was organizing Give Local York. Give Local York, is a Give day, meaning that the people of York give money to the non-profits in York. We, a group of 11 students from Apollo decided to reach out and help with promotion, and donate to the stretch pool, which was a decision we made as a team. The stretch pool gives a certain amount of money to each of the non-profits in York. We had an almost an entire month to get the word out to the Central community. As we worked on the presentation portion of the project, a question I asked and answered is, "What are the qualities of a good leader?".
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History
For the history portion, I did a mind map answering the question, "What are the common qualities of a leader?". To answer this question, I studied Andrew Carnegie, Madam C.J. Walker, General George A. Custer, and Gifford Pinchot.
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ELA
For ELA I did an essay explaining what the most important quality of a leader is using the mind map.
Passion Essay
Many great leader have a variety of qualities that show who they are. Andrew Carnegie, a philanthropist and industrialist, General George A. Custer, an army general, Gifford Pinchot, a forester, and Madam C.J. Walker, entrepreneur and philanthropist, are some of the many historical figures that have shown passion. Carnegie and Custer exhibited courage. Pinchot and Walker showed commitment. And Pinchot and Custer showed creativity. These are some of the qualities that passion helps portray.
One way quality that passion show is courage, which was portrayed by Andrew Carnegie and General George A. Custer. Carnegie showed courage through passion is when he was when he showed that he wasn’t afraid to go against the crowd. In the text, “Carnegie urged his wealthy peers to provide for themselves and their dependents and then make it their ‘duty’ to use the rest of their funds for their communities. They should apply their “wisdom, experience, and ability to administer” to lift up “poorer brethren” who “would or could not do for themselves.” He warned successful men who failed to help others that ‘the man who dies thus rich dies disgraced’ ” (Lenkowsky). This shows how Carnegie wasn’t afraid to talk to his peers about giving for a greater cause. Many people don't like to be told what to do, Carnegie wasn’t afraid to say what's on his mind, nor is he afraid to push people out of their comfort zones. General Custer had also showed courage. He showed courage through passion by earning a pretty high position for his age. The text states, “age of 23 commanded the Michigan brigade to the battle of Hanover” (Prowell). This shows how even at a young age, his actions spoke for his courage. Professionally, people don't like to be told/ordered by people younger than them, which was something that Custer faced as a 23 year -old commander. These are two examples of how passion has helped show courage.
A different quality that passion conveys is commitment. Pinchot showed commitment in the extensive care he had used to grow his forests. As the text has it, “During his period in office, the Forest Service and the national forests grew spectacularly. In 1905 the forest reserves numbered 60 units covering 56 million acres; in 1910 there were 150 national forests covering 172 million acres” (Gifford). This shows how much effort and the time he took into growing the forests, over time the forests he grew became huge, for example over the course of five years he had not only added 90 forest reserves but also added 116 acres of land. On thing that might have been a challenge is when he was out of the office, and was running for governor, it shows how he didn’t care whether or not he had income for himself, he wanted to keep the forests growing for future generations. Walker also showed commitment through passion. “When she was diagnosed with hypertension and nephritis in 1917, Walker was advised to curtail her activities. Instead, she accelerated her speaking schedule, until illness made travel physically impossible” (Klem). This shows that even when she was recommended by the doctor to get rest and not do many activities, she still went around and gave speeches, up until she could not physically move. This is how Pinchot and Walker expressed their passions to Pennsylvania.
Another quality that was expressed through passion is creativity, which is shown through the leadership of Pinchot and Custer. Pinchot showed commitment through his forestry. The text says, “ He had a strong hand in guiding the fledgling organization toward the utilitarian philosophy of the "greatest good for the greatest number” (Gifford). He had to think through on how he was going to plant the trees so that they were all in a comfortable habitat and grew competently. On the other hand, Custer showed commitment by positioning the soldiers. As the text says, “Custer was placed in command of a cavalry unit as a second lieutenant, and in July 1861 quickly earned recognition for himself with his brilliant direction of its actions at the First Battle of Bull Run” (George). Custer was in command of the cavalry, which means that he was the officer who positioned each of the soldiers so that in the long run, he would win. This is how Custer showed creativity through passion.
Courage, commitment, and creativity are a couple of the many qualities that passion helps express. Courage was shown by Custer and Carnegie. While the commitment was expressed by Pinchot and Walker. Whereas, Custer and Pinchot showed creativity. The examples above are a couple of the many ways that these leaders have presented their passion to make Pennsylvania a better place.
One way quality that passion show is courage, which was portrayed by Andrew Carnegie and General George A. Custer. Carnegie showed courage through passion is when he was when he showed that he wasn’t afraid to go against the crowd. In the text, “Carnegie urged his wealthy peers to provide for themselves and their dependents and then make it their ‘duty’ to use the rest of their funds for their communities. They should apply their “wisdom, experience, and ability to administer” to lift up “poorer brethren” who “would or could not do for themselves.” He warned successful men who failed to help others that ‘the man who dies thus rich dies disgraced’ ” (Lenkowsky). This shows how Carnegie wasn’t afraid to talk to his peers about giving for a greater cause. Many people don't like to be told what to do, Carnegie wasn’t afraid to say what's on his mind, nor is he afraid to push people out of their comfort zones. General Custer had also showed courage. He showed courage through passion by earning a pretty high position for his age. The text states, “age of 23 commanded the Michigan brigade to the battle of Hanover” (Prowell). This shows how even at a young age, his actions spoke for his courage. Professionally, people don't like to be told/ordered by people younger than them, which was something that Custer faced as a 23 year -old commander. These are two examples of how passion has helped show courage.
A different quality that passion conveys is commitment. Pinchot showed commitment in the extensive care he had used to grow his forests. As the text has it, “During his period in office, the Forest Service and the national forests grew spectacularly. In 1905 the forest reserves numbered 60 units covering 56 million acres; in 1910 there were 150 national forests covering 172 million acres” (Gifford). This shows how much effort and the time he took into growing the forests, over time the forests he grew became huge, for example over the course of five years he had not only added 90 forest reserves but also added 116 acres of land. On thing that might have been a challenge is when he was out of the office, and was running for governor, it shows how he didn’t care whether or not he had income for himself, he wanted to keep the forests growing for future generations. Walker also showed commitment through passion. “When she was diagnosed with hypertension and nephritis in 1917, Walker was advised to curtail her activities. Instead, she accelerated her speaking schedule, until illness made travel physically impossible” (Klem). This shows that even when she was recommended by the doctor to get rest and not do many activities, she still went around and gave speeches, up until she could not physically move. This is how Pinchot and Walker expressed their passions to Pennsylvania.
Another quality that was expressed through passion is creativity, which is shown through the leadership of Pinchot and Custer. Pinchot showed commitment through his forestry. The text says, “ He had a strong hand in guiding the fledgling organization toward the utilitarian philosophy of the "greatest good for the greatest number” (Gifford). He had to think through on how he was going to plant the trees so that they were all in a comfortable habitat and grew competently. On the other hand, Custer showed commitment by positioning the soldiers. As the text says, “Custer was placed in command of a cavalry unit as a second lieutenant, and in July 1861 quickly earned recognition for himself with his brilliant direction of its actions at the First Battle of Bull Run” (George). Custer was in command of the cavalry, which means that he was the officer who positioned each of the soldiers so that in the long run, he would win. This is how Custer showed creativity through passion.
Courage, commitment, and creativity are a couple of the many qualities that passion helps express. Courage was shown by Custer and Carnegie. While the commitment was expressed by Pinchot and Walker. Whereas, Custer and Pinchot showed creativity. The examples above are a couple of the many ways that these leaders have presented their passion to make Pennsylvania a better place.
For the Art portion, we did a couple of things. The top left corner is the 3-D printed key-chain that we had decided to give to those who donated over a dollar. The bottom left-hand corner is trifold that we used as a shield to protect the clothes of the people that wanted to pop balloons that were filled with paint. The top right corner what the balloons were popped on to create. The bottom right corner is a picture of the Panther Sugar Cookies we made and sold at the Give Day. I also made an Instagram account to show our progress on the art pieces over the month that we worked. The account is: @shrispollo
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Art
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