Being Young and a Leader
“If you’re under 30 and in a leadership role you’re in the wrong place!�
As I recently heard in class, “if you’re under 30 and in a leadership role you’re in the wrong place!� Out of spite I could make the inverse remark, “Unlike those over 30, I am the only one that still cares!� As was eluded in class, it’s not a particular person that devalues my age; it’s the system in place. Being young indicates I don’t have much experience. But in our education system when we get inexperienced staff or students with little prior knowledge our goal should be to bring them up to a desirable knowledge base? I might not be experienced, and might not have authority, but I do have energy to participate in the decision making process, why discourage that?
I don’t have the authority or background research articles (data) to make knowledgeable decisions that technology is being used properly. But in my immediate environment (what I see and hear), elementary skills like knowing that value of Ctrl + C or Apple + C ;-), what the “Ins� key does, how to find a file that I swear I saved on my computer, or plugging something into the appropriate outlet makes me somewhat of an innovator compared to others in authority. Why do I not have some authority on how to make decisions to help teachers integrate some technology into their teaching?