Young Leaders Day

Young Leaders Day 2012

On the 28th of may 2012 some of the year 7 and 8 students attended young leaders day. At 08.40 we got on the bus at traveled to the Micheal Fowler Center. We spent the day in The Micheal Fowler center listening to extremely inspirational people and story’s about there lives. I t was a very inspiring day in which we learnt how to be, a truly great leader.

Here is a list of four of the speakers that spoke to us and the main point of their speech

Our first speaker of the day was Nick Tuitasi who was featured among the top 100 New Zealanders of the Century. The main point of his was- Good Leaders know how to spark potential.

The next inspiring speaker was Jamie Fitzgereald who rowed for over 40 hours non stop!!!!
Amazing! The main point of his speech was - Never let preformance get in the way of safety.

Thirdly we had, who I believed to be the most inspiring speaker of the day, Cassandra Treadwell. Her purpose was very motivating - believe in yourself and others will to.

Fourthly we had Cameron Calkoen who was born with Cerebral Palsy. He was inspiring as even though he had a medical condition he never gave up. His purpose was - dream big and achieve more.

My favorite speaker was Cassandra Treadwell who open up a charity to help children in Kenya. She has helped children well below the poverty line by opening up a school and an orphanage. She tries to help the most needy children of all, these are the children who are mostly living in the local rubbish dump competing with pigs for food scraps. I hope that her charity will continue running.

What I believe makes a great leader
They have to be responsible
They need to have a sense of humor
They need to be serious
They need to be knowledgeable
They need to be a good teacher

The one thing that I would do if i new i would not fail would learn how to fly an aircraft.

By Jack Wellwood