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Leadership with friends…..a la Shmoop.

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This is Sarah. [Finger points to Sarah]

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Sarah comes from a family of leaders.

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Her mother is the head of her company, Widget World.

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Her father is a teacher and head of the history department at his school. [Sarah's Father in a library]

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Her brother is captain of the water polo team.

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And her sister is head of the spirit and debate teams. [Sarah's Sister giving a speech]

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Even Sarah’s dog is a pack leader.

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So…you would think that, when it came to her friends, Sarah would be a natural born leader, right? [Sarah stood with her friend]

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Wrong. At the start of school, Sarah finds she doesn’t

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quite fit in with most of the regular cliques. She’s just sort of… invisible.

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But that's invisible without the benefit of being able to sneak into federally restricted areas. [Invisible Sarah stealing a sandwich from Obama]

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She doesn’t fit in with the jocks…

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…or the brainiacs.

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She doesn’t play an instrument… [Sarah playing a guitar on stage]

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…or care to perform on stage.

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She does, however, like Star Wars.

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She likes Star Wars… a lot.

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She has a Star Wars shirt for every day of the week. [Sarah wearing a Star Wars shirt for each day of the week]

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And every color light sabre.

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She’s seen each of the movies…many times... and has read all the books. [Sarah with Star Wars DVD's and books]

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When it comes time for club rush at her school, she is horrified to find out that…there

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is no Star Wars club. The horror, the horror…

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So…she decides to make one herself. A Star Wars club.

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The Force is strong in this one… [Sarah holding a light saber with two members of the Star Wars club]

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Sarah thinks maybe one or two people might join her club.

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But it turns out to be one of the most popular clubs in her school… and she ends up having [Lots of people gathered together in a street]

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a ton of people sign up.

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If she suddenly flaked or got intimidated by the response, all these people would be

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sitting in an empty room… [Star Wars club members sitting in a room waiting]

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…and there would never even be a Star Wars club. The Dark side would win. Can’t have that.

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Sarah decides to go through with it. Gulp.

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Before you know it, Sarah is leading a room full of kids who love Star Wars as much as she does. [Lots of kids in a discussion]

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And because she’s an expert in all things Skywalker…

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She quickly earns the other kids’ respect.

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And she's not afraid to be asked any Star Wars trivia questions. [Sarah participating in a trivia contest]

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The more kids get to know Sarah, the more they recognize that she’s a totally loyal friend.

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A patient leader who is willing to explain the plot of Star Wars to other kids who have [Sarah stood by the school bus with a man dressed as an astronaut]

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never even seen it before.

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Some kids from another club even invite Sarah to consult on the theme for this year’s

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prom dance, which just happens to be…

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You guessed it, Star Wars. This school has definitely found its nerd button. [Finger pushes a nerd button]

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And it is owning it.

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Obviously, Sarah is happy to comply.

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Before you know it, she has plenty of friends who want to sit with her at lunch time. [Sarah sat with friends at lunch and reads Star Wars books]

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And plenty of offers for study partners. And a few dates out there as well.

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Prospective colleges are impressed by Sarah, too. Colleges love leaders…because leaders

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are innovators and creators. They see the need and, instead of ignoring it, they show

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others how to make things happen.

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Not only are colleges impressed by such leadership… but they also give out special scholarships for leaders. [A bottle of water and wads of dollar bills pile up]

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And then, beyond college, companies are always looking for those with leadership skills to

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take charge and manage people and projects. Or…fire people, if that’s what’s needed.

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Fun job.

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Who knows, Sarah might decide to direct her own Star Wars-esque film one day… and the [Sarah directing a Star Wars film]

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leadership skills she acquired back in high school might come in handy.

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But, that’s all… in the future.

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Still in high school, Sarah writes about her club to Disney and gets everybody invited [Sarah placing an envelope into a mail box]

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to a special showing of the new Star Wars film.

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Before you know it, Sarah can be considered a bona fide leader.

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All because she was true to herself and didn’t feel the need to force her way into a group [Sarah with two guys dressed in Star Wars clothing]

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that wasn’t her thing just to, you know… not be alone.

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And for this reason, Sarah was never invisible again.

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Although…she did appear as a hologram once or twice… [Sarah with R2D2 as a hologram]

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