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On September 16, 05 Governor Madeleine Kunin visited
the Georgia School to speak with the eighth grade students in
a leadership class.
“Some people think it’s all appearance but
leadership is what you’re thinking on the inside,” she
said.
The former governor of Vermont and former U.S.
Ambassador to Switzerland urged all the students to prepare
themselves as legal voters so they could vote responsibly when
they turn 18.
She also told the students that to be a good leader you
need to have a sense of direction. “The idea of what you
want is important, but you can’t just have the idea – you
also have to understand how to make it work.”
Originally born in Zurich, Switzerland, Governor Kunin
moved to the United States due to the threat from the
Holocaust in 1940. “I always felt I could do something about
things – maybe it was my immigrant experience. My mother taught me that in America you could do anything.”
According to Governor Kunin to be
involved you need:
1.
To be angry or upset
2.
To also be optimistic and idealistic
When she ran for
governor in 1985 three of her children were in college, the
fourth in high school. She
ran because of issues that concerned her, including: the state
of the environment, and the women’s rights amendment, which
still hasn’t been passed.
“In a
leadership position,” she said, “you’re bound to have
others disagree with you.”
Some of her role
models include Adelie Stevenson and Eleanor Roosevelt, both
people of politics.
Governor
Kunin’s stories about her life of leadership were
interesting and inspiring for the students and they were very
grateful to have spent time with her.
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