What makes a good leader

Today was an extremely humid day, i was soaked through at the back from after recess. It has always been this way since god-knows-when. Everyone's perishing in this hellish heat.

We had photo-taking today. While i was watching 4/8 get their photos taken, a picture of an old photograph came into my mind. Like in movies, when you are much older and start flipping through the old photos that have long turned yellowish, it really brings back many memories. I sort of took a snapshot of the scene in my mind and imagined how i would remember it decades later when i look at my school photos. Ahh, time never waits for anyone.

After that, we had the debate finals in the hall during assembly. One of the judges was Mrs Lim, the principal. Ms Terry(VP) gave up her seat to Mrs Lim after she was kinda interested in what's going on. However, many of us students caught Mrs Lim almost dozing off and looking half-bored and uninterested in what was going on in the debate. She was just staring into thin air with a really blank look.

I don't suppose you call that a good example of being a good leader who listens a lot, she rather preferred to be listened to.

A good leader encompasses the skills of being a good public-speaker, having good management of the staff and students, and be caring towards the general well-being of the entire school community.

With a really non-enthusiastic voice that seems dreamy and floaty, she seems more to be mumbling to herself in lala-land. A good speaker needs to be firm and strong in her speeches. I wouldn't like to elaborate the rest. But today i really feel the need to speak up. With a very bad posture, i.e slouching and resting head on table or leaning head on palm whilst judging, what kind of message is she trying to convey to the rest? If that isn't bad enough, when the debate was open to the audience, she eyed Steph who was limping up to the mic, as if Steph was some diseased person incapable of doing anything. When Vanessa was speaking, she looked disgusted. However silly or imperfect any student might be, a person(i'm not even talking about a principal here) should not view him differently. All of us are perfectly sane human beings, having the full capability to think. I was simply disgusted by such unpleasant disposition.


Today i was reading the papers, one article 'Doctor caught having sex in clinic' in the Straits Times caught my attention because i read another forum article that was related to 'Why men stray?'
In the article after his affair was being exposed he said, " I was afraid as i wanted to save my marriage and reputation by not having the pictures and video out there in public or on Youtube." The affair had been going on since 2000.

"As for men who blame biology and Mother Nature for their infidelity, and like monkeys, are unable to control their irresponsible urges, i suggest we lock them in a zoo as their animal instincts are stronger than their human sense of duty and responsibilty."

I doubt men and monkey looks the same, right?