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 I really like this inquiry and it makes me think about the head bird in the migrating flock of geese experiment (in a weird way). Leading entities take charge/have that is contingent with being followed however the discussion we had about the leading bird in the migrating flock killed some of our beliefs that the leader bird is significantly 'in control' of where the flock of birds will go. During the experiment it came out that if a 'leading' bird is killed, dies, or simply wanders off, the formation and guidance of the flock continues with (and I believe in some cases) without a distinctive leader. The leader of that flock is not necessarily in control but the leader does serve as a reference and significant mover. Control is not necessary within the definition of a leader, in my point of view. Leadership is more about guidance than control and within the classroom students can guide discussion, assignments, etc just as much as professors, instructors and teachers are able to.