I'm going to feature today a good looking young man who was able to overcome and succeeded in his term as a student body officer in San Carlos University, Cebu City despite all the odds he met in the nursing department.
I'd asked him why took up a nursing course and he replied that "he wanted to take care the people in the medical industry". Obviously, he is planning to go abroad if he passes the so many board exams required by both local and international agencies.
I found out during conversations that at his young age, he was always chosen to be an officer and he loves it, serving without asking for a return.
About his schedules of course sometimes late in going home as he has to settle first some needs in the school and his extra curricular activities. It did not bother him and even not affected on his studies but instead he was more inspired to persevere to meet both ends. He has good relationships with his family members and his sibling.
I'd asked about the economy and what can a nursing student contribute to it. According to him, if given a chance to work abroad he will grab it so his dollar allotments can help defray the interest expenses of the government's account with the World Bank.
I really appreciate the conversations we have in their family's home.
This young man is also a part-time instructor in guitar playing in one of the institutions here in Cebu City. His friends called him Carl. His real name is Carl Michael Arreglo. You can see him most of the time at the school campus.
These are some of the winning habits and attitudes of a successful student leader I'd discovered:
- energetic, hard working, organized, goal oriented, determined, streetsmart, cooperative, creative, and outgoing.