Student Leaders

Hello, fellow readers. I’m Karthik, and I would like to share how it feels like to be Student Congress leader. I am very happy to represent my fellow Questers in the Student Congress. I get to talk about our experiences and suggest new ideas. Being a leader is a very responsible job. I try not to be bossy but at the same time, I try to get the job done. We attend weekly meetings where new projects are discussed. My parents, school teachers and QA Congress members encourage and support me a lot.

My first project was to ask my classmates if they wanted to stay in General Visibility in middle school or in Middle School visibility in Middle School. It was a very interesting experience finding out what my classmates thought. All of the students I surveyed wanted to stay in general visibility so they would not lose their lumins and cols. My classmates and I were succesful in convincing the teachers that kids should stay in General Visibility. All of my classmates were happy at the outcome.  Here is the link to my blog: Middle School Visibility vs General Visibility

The second project I did was the 2010 Earth Day Quest. Me and two other students had to come up with ideas for the quest. It was very hard because we had to make them find things in the core worlds and the Otak Hub. In those worlds, it is very hard to find things that help the Earth. We made the quest for 4+1 bonus lumin. Everyone who has done that quest so far is very happy. They feel that they are learning so much about the Earth and the Environment.

My third project was to teach Middle Schoolers about Quest Atlantis. It was very difficult because they thought that it was dumb that 4th graders were teaching them. But they didn’t realize what a hard time me and all of the other students have. They were reckless and they were not to excited to do it. I feel that because I don’t think they  have an open mind like the 4th graders. We as 4th graders enjoy Quest Atlantis because we like to explore and we have an open mind.

Right now in Student Congress, we are building areas for all of the different Social Commitments. I am the leader of the Environmental Awareness group. In my design group, we are trying to create a mission. The summary of the mission is that when you enter the area, you will find a mother polar bear and her cub. These bears will talk to you and say that the iceberg that they are standing on is the last one they could find. Also, they will mention that they cannot find food anymore . The bears see an Ecologist’s boat and ask if the avatar can go and ask them for help. The Ecologist tells the avatar to go into the town’s research lab and find out information about why the ice caps are melting. In the research lab, they talk to the main researcher.  The researcher gives the avatar  informational notes. The Avatar has to talk to different researchers to understand what the notes mean. When the Avatar talks to the last person, he/she has to go back to the main researcher and take a test. When they finish the test, then the researcher tells the Avatar to go back to the Ecologist. The Ecologist asks the Avatar what they learned. After they are done, they will earn a hat for finding out how the Ice Caps were melting. That is our design plan.

All in all, I think that being a student leader is a great honor and responsibility. I am having a great experience creating these blogs, quests, and teaching middle schoolers. I am learning a lot myself.

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