How This Trip Applies to Leadership

This class definitely showed me leadership in a few different regards. I was able to see how our professors handled their positions as leaders in a foreign country which was really interesting. They were definitely authoritative, but at the same time, students were able to have a friendly relationship which is something that I have never experienced. Whenever there was a stressful situation, my professors handled themselves with grace and did not panic. Also, through studying different authors, I was able to see how the Irish people overcame their hardships and turned their negative experiences into opportunities to become great leaders. For example, James Joyce came from an abusive family and had a schizophrenic daughter but was able to become one of the greatest authors in Irish history and even gains recognition in other countries. Also, the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916 showed great strength in leadership and sacrificed themselves in order to gain freedom from Britain for the Irish people. Ireland really was a great chance for me to see leadership in action and to be inspired by these great people.