The "Leadership" Experiment

On the next day of class I was wondering as I walked in if my teacher was actually going to show that day. When the clock reached 5:30 and no teacher was at the front of the class I knew it was going to be another long day of confusion and frustration. On every desk there was a sheet of paper with a task written on it. The paper stated "The primary task for today's class is to discuss leadership in the here and now." After I got done reading the task I thought how can we discuss leadership in the here and now if our "leader" for this class wasn't present for the here and now. As the class progressed I realized that the professor was at the back of the classroom observing the leaders in our class. I believe that he did this "leadership" experiment to show us different leadership styles and how a group falls about when there is no leader to keep everyone on task.