Having us high school students complete a leadership project with a rubric takes away the whole point of leadership. When you add a rubric to a "leadership" project, students instinctively use the rubric as a guideline for their projects. This means that much of their project isn't based on their own interests and goals, but are more centered toward meeting the requirements of the rubric.
Additionally, many of my Chinese teammates told me that their projects were assigned by their schools. So basically, their projects were not leadership projects, they were assignments.
As a result, almost 90 percent of all the projects followed the exact same format. Any projects that were different were not considered leadership projects.
I agree with how students used the rubric as a guideline. Originally, my project presentation had focused on different areas, but after seeing the rubric, I had to change my presentation and do additional research, which was not originally the goal of my project.
Also, I found that the judges were quite rude. Even if they have something correct to say, they should say it in a respectable manner. For example, they asked me if my project was done by me, which is the dumbest question they could possibly ask. They tried accusing me of plagiarism, which was based on only their assumptions. Afterwards, they asked me a question about chromatography, but not related to what I worked on at all. The question was a not only inappropriate, but was also a trick question, meaning it was asked in a way so that there would be no correct answer.
Good discussion. It has many valuable things for us to consider. I have to say, however, let us have a good manner to handle anything no matter what happens. Seeing different styles is part of the instrument to make us grow