Young Leadership Day

Young Leadership day

On Monday 28th of May some of the year 7 and 8 students whent on the bus to go to the young leadership day 2012 in Wellington. The young leadership day was held in the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington. we had five main people talk to us about how to spark our portential.

The five main speakers were:

Name                       Main Topic

Nick Tuitasi                     - Good leaders know how to spark potential.

Jamie Fitzgerald            - Never let performance get in the way of safty. how much effort   

                                            have you put in?

Cassandra Treadwell   - Believe in yourself and others will too.

Cam Catkoen                 - Dream big and achieve more.

Dave Atkinson                - Stick up for what is right. Choose good friends. Live for others.

Cam Catkoen believed in himself, set himself a goal and never gave up. Cam was born with cerebal palsey and the docters told his perents that he will never be completly indapendent. He enjoyed doing sport and when he was little he did the spoon and egg race. His dad took out his chewing gum put it on the spoon with the egg ontop and told him that he could achive whatever he wanted. His friend later told him to do the 100 meter race which gave Cam motivation to become a professional runner. Cam Catkoen has represented new Zealand in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Cam has also overcome his biggest fear: public speaking and has made speeches in front of thousands of people.

I think a good leader is somebody who does the right thing and is really kind to other people. A leader also puts others first and may sometimes be the one who is in the background and may not seam like a leader from the outside. A leader doesn't have to be the loud one who gives commands either but can be the one who gives supportive feedback and comments to the people around them. Do the right thing and be kind and you can be a leader to others.

If I knew that I couldn't fail I would go to the poor places all over the world, build houses, schools, orphanages, clinics and a lot more. I would also do many more things to help the people who are more unfortunate than I am.