Why am I taking this class?

I decided to join ESHESA 2570 because I want to sharpen my leadership skills. I have been in leadership positions in the past, as a co-captain of my cheerleading team  and captain of my volleyball team back in high school. Time has gone by so fast and now that I am a senior in college, I do not feel my leadership skills have been put to use effectively in certain situations that I feel can turn into great opportunities for a change in my life for the better. For example, I volunteered to be vice president of a new upcoming organization on campus last year, and it felt great the people of the group voted for me and gave me a chance. I explained to the members why I feel I qualified but when it came time to play my position, I struggled somewhat, and suddenly I was voted off out of the organization.I was embarrassed and upset at the same time because of the outcome and the process of everything, but in the end I took accountability for my lack of leadership skills for this type of position. What this class has to offer seems to be a perfect fit for what I am looking for as far as learning the theories or techniques behind leadership. Leadership to me is having that state of mind, where you feel, you can teach, help, or bring together a group of people to become a team or agree on a certain topic. However there are plenty of leadership qualities such as being assertive, sympathetic, understanding, determined, open minded, motivated, honesty, confidence, loyalty, creativity, and have the ability to inspire. I would like to gain more knowledge about in what different ways a a person can be a leader,how to be a better leader than what I am now, an also when is the right place and time to take that leadership role.  So far I feel confident that I will take away a lot of ideas and knowledge from this course This class already has great leaders in it, and the first discussion we had about our first reading really helped me understand how to be amongst a other leaders or a group of people in general and communicate effectively. My major is communication analysis and practice and my goal is to interview well known people, celebrities,and normal everyday people as well for a large TV network. I would also like to produce, video edit, and be on camera someday, so I really think my leadership skills will need to come into play.Once I'm at the level of being on national TV, I will be more confident about my stories, give the interviewee the impression that I have control of the situation, show that I can be trusted to produce a great story and that video will turn out be perfect. I will be working with a TV network family or shall I say team, and being the reporter or correspondent that represents that team, I would be playing that leadership role.