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Leadership and the Youth Leadership is the highest potent quality of an individual to be greatly successful in life. It is the key dynamic factor that can encourage one to actively participate in many ventures that can lead to the attainment of goals. It is also the key force to developing teamwor...

Leadership and the Youth Leadership is the highest potent quality of an individual to be greatly successful in life. It is the key dynamic factor that can encourage one to actively participate in many ventures that can lead to the attainment of goals. It is also the key force to developing teamwork to ensure completion of common goals or purpose. It is in this premise that the youth, in their role as nation-builders, must develop leadership potentials such as knowledge, skills and positive attitude to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in meeting their goals and develop the spirit and ethics of service for the good of others. Hence, the need for training the youth to be servant leaders is very essential. Leadership Defined Leadership is a process of giving control, guidance, headship, direction and governance to a group or organization. It is a key dynamic factor that motivates and coordinates organizations to accomplish their objectives. Without being inspired by a leader, the whole organization or a department might drift along with no definite focus on key objectives such as trying to improve the worker’s safety. Leadership is the art of influencing and directing others to do assigned tasks or goals, in such a way as to attain them. There is obedience, respect, loyalty and cooperation. Leadership can be exercised by anyone irrespective of the framework of command. Also, it is the process of guiding and directing the behavior of the people in the work environment. Leadership is the ability to inspire, to build confidence and gain support among the people to attain organizational goals. Leader as a Guide is one who assumes the role of a director, organizer, mentor, guru or adviser. Leader as a Frontrunner is one who can spearhead, shading light, a trailblazer, and groundbreaker. Leader as a Head is one who can be called as chief, manager, superior, principal, boss and superior. Servant Leadership is a kind of servanthood and done as a sense of vocation. It also implies stewardship of good citizenship and community. It is a means of serving others more than oneself. Principles of Servant Leadership According to Spears (2002), the following are the principles underpinning servant leadership: 1. Listening. The servant leader seeks to identify the will of the group and helps clarify that will. He or she will seek to listen receptively to what is being said. 2. Empathy. The servant leader strives to understand and empathize with others. People need to be accepted and recognized for their special unique spirits. 3. Healing. One of the greatest strengths of a servant leader is the potential of healing one’s self and others because many people have broken spirits and suffered from a variety of emotional hurts. 4. Awareness. It aids one in understanding issues involving ethics and values and view most situations from a more integrated and holistic position. 5. Persuasion. Another characteristic of a servant leader is the primary reliance on persuasion rather than positional authority in making decisions within an organization. 6. Conceptualization. Servant leaders seek to nurture their abilities to “dream great dreams”. The ability to look at problems from a conceptualized perspective means that one must think beyond today’s realities. 7. Foresight. This enables the servant leader to understand the lessons from the past realities to the present and the likely consequence of a decision for the future. 8. Building Community. Servant Leadership suggests that the true community can be created among those who work in business and other institutions. Qualities of Servant Leaders The following are the qualities of a servant leader. 1. Puts others ahead of his own agenda. Is the ability to put others ahead of yourself and your personal desires. 2. Possesses the confidence to serve. The real heart of servanthood is security. Show me someone who thinks he is too important to serve and I’ll show you someone who is basically insecure. How we treat others is really a reflection of how we think of ourselves. 3. Initiates service to others. It is a way of serving without being compelled. It manifests one’s concern to do things for others especially during crisis. You can really see the heart of someone who initiates service to others. Great leaders see the need, seize the opportunity and serve without expecting anything in return. 4. Is not position-conscious. Servant leaders don’t focus on rank or position. When Colonel Norman Schwarzkopf stepped into that minefield, rank was the last thing on his mind. He was one person trying to help another. If anything, being the leader gave him a greater sense of obligation to serve. 5. Serves out of love. Servanthood is not motivated by manipulation of self-promotion. It is fueled with love (willingness to serve). In the end, the extent of your influence depends on the depth of your concern for others. That is why it is important for leaders to be willing to serve. To internalize the deeper meaning of servant leadership, one must apply the following process: 1. Reflecting on It. As a leader, one must reflect about himself to determine who he is as a person and identify his inner leadership intention. “Where is your heart when it comes to serving others? Do you desire to become a leader for the perks and benefits? Or are you motivated by manipulation of selfpromotion?” If you really want to become the kind of leader that people want to follow, you will have to settle the issue of servanthood. If your attitude is to be served rather than to serve, you may be headed for trouble. If this is an issue in your life, then heed this advice. a. Stop lording people, and start listening to them. b. Role play for advancement, and start risking your own interests for other’s benefit. c. Stop seeking your own way, and start serving others. d. It is true that one who would be great must be like the least and servant of all… 2. Bringing It Home. To improve your skill in servanthood, you must do the following: a. Perform small acts. When was the last time you performed acts of kindness to others? Start with those closest to you: your spouse, children, and parents. Find ways today to do small things that show others you care. b. Learn to walk slowly through the crowd. One of the greatest lessons I learned as a young leader came from my father. I call it walking slowly through the crowd. The next leagues, or employees, make it your goal to connect with others by circulating among them and talking to people. Focus on each person you meet. Learn his name. If you know it already, make your agenda of getting to know each person’s needs, wants and desires. Then later when you go home, make a note to yourself to do something beneficial for half a dozen of those people (anecdote of a leader, anonymous). c. Move into action. If an attitude of servanthood is conspicuously absent from your life, the best way to acquire it is to start serving. Begin serving with your body and your heat will catch up. Sign up to serve others for six months at your Church, a community agency of a volunteer organization. If your heart changes then it works. 3. Daily Take-Away. Albert Schweitzer wisely stated, “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know. The ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve”. If you want to lead on the highest level, be willing to serve on the lowest. In the truest sense, servanthood is the gift of doing good for others which sometimes include the exclusion of meeting personal needs. Servants look for ways to do for others both within and beyond the congregation and community. Servants do not choose to serve, but serve from a sense of identity and call. Gifted servants never feel put upon or taken advantage of, but see each opportunity to do for others as a way to be true to self and in service to others. As leaders, the need to reflect on it, bring it home and take it away is a great passion for going along with one’s inner intention for the DRUG SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL EDUCATION Most of the reason why our youth is dragged into the abyss of drug abuse is the lack of guidance from the family itself. Furthermore, the first reason maybe the parents are too busy to their jobs, giving less time to their children. Second, parents have not finished schooling, making them less inform and less aware of the effects of drugs. Third, the type of discipline of the parents includes physical violence, in most cases in the Philippines, drives away kid from home. Most Predominant Reason for drug addiction A teenager spends more time with friends or peers rather than at home The drug addict is generally an emotionally unstable individual before he or she acquires the habit. A person will try to use drugs if a friend insists, for the sake of friendship The drug addict is generally an emotionally unstable individual before he or she acquires the habit. The person cannot face painful situations without help Truly, drugs abuse is a predator, a monster that preys on innocent, curious mind like those of the teenagers. Hence, this module zeroes in on uncovering problem of drug abuse among the youngsters and on finding ways and means by which this societal menace could be lessened, if not totally annihilated What is a drug? A drug is a chemical substance that brings about physical, emotional or behavioral change in a person taking it. How are drugs taken? 1. Ingestion 2. Inhalation 3. Injection 4. Used as suppository 5. Applied topically When are drugs harmful?  Any drug may be harmful when taken in excess. Some drugs can also be harmful if taken in dangerous combinations or by hypersensitive (allergic) person in ordinary or even small amounts. Why do people turn to drugs? There are various reason-ranging from the reason the “medicines” can solve problems, to widespread access to various drugs, to “peer pressure”, to the notion that drugs give enjoyment to the users and in the context that it is used as an alcoholic substitute. What is drug abuse? Drug abuse is the use of chemical substance, licit or illicit, which results in an individual’s physical, mental, or social impairment. It may refer to any of the following practices: 1. Using, without benefit or prescription, useful drugs which have the capacity to alter mood or behavior. 2. Using drugs and substances for a purpose different from the one for which the drug has been prescribed; and 3. Using drugs and substances having no legitimate medical application for purposes other than research Are there products other than drugs ever abused? Substances like glue, paint thinners, gasoline and other volatile (breathable) solvents contain a variety of dangerous chemicals. They should be sold and used with caution. What are the types of drugs? Drugs that are commonly abused, depending on pharmacological effects, may be classified into: 1. Stimulants. Drugs which increase alertness and physical disposition. Example: amphetamine, cocaine, caffeine, nicotine 2. Hallucinogens (Psychedelics). Drugs which affect sensation, thinking, self-awareness and emotion. Changes in time and space perception. Delusions (false beliefs) and hallucinations may be mild or overwhelming, depending on dose or quantity of the drugs. Example: LSD, Mescaline, and Marijuana 3. Sedatives. Drugs which may reduce anxiety and excitement. Example: Barbiturates, Non-barbiturates, Tranquilizers, Alcohol 4. Narcotics. Drugs that relieve pain and often induce sleep. Example: Opium and its derivatives such as Morphine, Heroin, Codeine What is a drug abuser?  Anyone can be a drug abuser. Drug abuse is no respecter of age, sex, and social status. It is very difficult to come up with an accurate profile of a drug abuser that can be applied to all because people are different in many ways. How can you tell when on is abusing drugs? A lot of changes – in behavior, in appearance and in mood – occur in a person who is abusing drugs. Sudden changes occur in a person disposition from pleasant to unpleasant. Thus, he: 1. is often associated with known drug abusers; 2. is irritable, discourteous, defiant and aggressive; 3. is untrustworthy and lack of self-confidence; 4. is unhealthy and unconcerned with good grooming; 5. has low frustration tolerance; 6. lacks of interest in his studies/work; 7. blames everybody and not himself for his problems; 8. develops changes in normal capabilities in school/work; and 9. borrows money and at times steals various item unusually. Involvement of Foreign Nationals in Drug Trafficking Based from the data as reported by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in1993 to December 31,2001 there were 258 foreign nationals arrested in the Philippines for violation of Republic Act. No. 6425 (Dangerous Drugs Act 1972, as amended). Of this total, 182 or 70.54% were Chinese nationals while other nationalities made of the remaining 76 or 29.463%. More importantly, the volume of shabu seized from foreign nationals over the same period totaled 2,889 kilograms or 64.24% of the total volume of shabu seized in the country in over the same period. Chinese nationals on the other hand, accounted for 2,873 kilograms for the period January 1, 1998 to December 31, 2001 or 63.888% of the aggregate national’s seizures of shabu. At present, supply comes not only from importation but also from local manufacturing. Since 1997, there have been nine discoveries of clandestine laboratories made and the most significant of which was the discovery of clandestine laboratory in San Juan. All along, cland labs were thought of as makeshift and unsophisticated, until San Juan. On July 18, 2002, another clandestine laboratory was dismantled at Loyola, Quezon City by members of the Metro Manila Drug Enforcement Group. Seven (7) Chinese nationals were arrested and 44.540 kilograms of shabu, 50.67 kilograms of ephedrine and shabu laboratory equipment and paraphernalia were seized. Another clandestine laboratory was dismantled in Executive Heights Subdivision Parañaque City on November 1, 2002. Just recently, on February 2012, 90 million pesos’ worth of 4. Changes in mood – depending on the drug taken Example: depressed or becoming elated and Euphonic 5. Association with known drug abusers 6. Change from normal capabilities (work habits, efficiency, etc.) 7. Change in attendance at work or school 8. Wearing sunglasses constantly at inappropriate times (for instance, indoor or at night) or only to hide dilated or constricted pupils but also to compensate for the eyes ‘inability to adjust to sunlight. Marijuana causes bloodshot eyes 9. Poor physical appearance including inattention to dress and personal hygiene illegal drugs ingredients were seized by the Bureau of Customs, including that of the popular ‘ecstasy’. Transit Points of Drugs Based from the reports, a huge portion of shabu that enters the Philippines comes directly from Southern China where most of the shabu laboratories are located. Of the 15 major interdictions since 1993, seven (7) were shipped directly from Southern China. Five (5) shipments were from China but they passed through Hong Kong first before they were rerouted to the Philippines. At least one shipment passed through Taiwan. Lately, we learned that the shipments at Quezon and Zambales came directly from North Korea. It should be noted that the identified landing points are mainly through the shorelines of the Northern and Central Luzon regions and Southern Tagalog, specifically Batanes, Cagayan, Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, Zambales, Aurora, Quezon and Mindanao provinces. Reports also indicate Palawan and Masbate as probable landing sites from shabu smuggling. Facts and Figures Organized Drug Groups As a result of Intelligence Workshop conducted by PDEA, eleven (11) Transnational Drug Syndicates were identified to be operating in the country while, the number of local organized drug groups is pegged at 215. NCR and Region 3 have the highest number of drug groups with 30 groups each, followed by Region 7 with 27 groups and Region 9 with 22 groups. The regions with the lowest number of drug groups are Cordillera Administrative Region and CARAGA Region with one (1) drug group each. Personalities in the BADAC Watch List As of September, the nationwide total number of drug personalities perfected in the Barangay Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) Watch List is pegged at 37,076. Among the region, NCR has the highest number of identified drug personalities with 10,879 or 29,348 of the total number of drug personalities nationwide followed by PRO 4 with 7.958 or 21,468 and 6,443 or 17,378. Drug Rehabilitation The number of drug patients is increasing. Based on records of Government Residential Centers’ Admission, from 1,446 in1974, the number reached 5,945 in 2001. Statistics from rehabilitation centers show the following data: 1. Majority of patients are in the 15-29 age group. 2. The mean age of drug user is 27 years old. 3. Shabu and/or Marijuana are their drug of choice. 4. The ratio of male users to female is 14:1. 5. Workers comprised 43.718% of the drug patient population. 6. Unemployed comprised 35,838. 7. Students comprised 5,138. 8. Out of school youth comprised 1,183. Drug By the turn of the 21"century, substance abuse has taken an alarming proportion in the country "Shabu (the local name for methamphetamine) has become the number one drug of abuse, followed by marijuana and inhalants. The abuse of legal substances like nicotine and alcohol continue to be worrisome. A survey by the University of the Philippines Population Institute in 1996 showed the initial age of use of nicotine, alcohol, and drugs to be age 16-17, that 40% of males surveyed were smoking and 37% of the youth regularly used alcohol. At present, more than 1.5 million Filipinos are users of illegal drugs. The youth are especially hard hit. They are the greatest number of drug users. Among them are more than 350,000 identified high school students in the country. One can only speculate on the number of young people abusing drugs not identified. Various activities, to date, are initiated and are aimed to produce the following effects on young people: 1. lessen violent behavior; 2. increase pro-social behavior and decrease negative, self-destructive behavior; 3. increase the ability to plan ahead and choose effective solutions to problems; 4. improve self-image and self-awareness; 5. improve social and emotional adjustment; 6. improve handling of interpersonal problems and coping with anxiety; 7. improve constructive conflict resolution with peers; and 8. improve self-control. Early in 2004, the Dangerous Drugs Board launched the program "Barkada Kontra Droga" (or "Peers Against Drugs"). The specific thrust of this program is drug abuse prevention. This concept tries to change the meaning of the word "barkada" or "peer" which connotes a negative influence among peers. Each member of the "Barkada Kontra Droga" pledges to keep his community and family safe and secure from the evils of illegal drugs. Further, he is asked to commit to convince friends and relatives to join the fight against drugs and trafficking, never to use drugs, and to report clandestine laboratories, pushers and users. Legislation for Illicit Drugs Control 1. 1972. The Dangerous Drugs Act was established. 2. 2002. The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act was implemented. 3. 2002. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) was established. 4. 2002. An Integrated Drug Abuse Data Information Network (1IDADIN) was created to monitor drug use/abuse. Government Response to the Problem 1. Preventive education programs to dissuade users or potential users from experimenting with illegal drugs and/or continuing to use them 2. Treatment and rehabilitation programs aimed at facilitating abstinence 3. Intensified campaigns against illegal drugs and trafficking 4. Judicial and legislative measures 5. National, regional and international cooperation to fight illegal drug trafficking and abuse of dangerous drugs