Student Leader Conference

Being chosen as one of the Students Leaders from my school I was excited because I had the opportunity to meet other students and to collaborate with other students who had been chosen by their school. We were privileged to be able to attend the first ever Manaiakalani  - Student Leader Conference.

When we entered the Auditorium we were instructed to wear name tags so that we could be recognized by the other Student Leaders and their supervisors. We were escorted to our corresponding table which we shared with Point England. At first I was shy to converse with the other Student Leaders but after the Icebreaker session the tension diminished and we were soon talking freely to one another.

We were introduced to Anderson Patterson a journalist that had been around the world interviewing leading brands like Google and Mr Khan the maker of Khan Academy. He said that when he was little he was shy but he had wanted to build up his confidence and when he did he ended up being the man he was, a respected journalist. He had set up a presentation which included videos from Ted.com and Khan Academy, he talked about how you should always have backup plans and strategies to get ton your dream and gave us an inspiring speech about how you should build up your confidence.

The Tamaki College Catering Team served our morning tea and lunch which was famishing by the way and the organisation of when to eat was very good. Overall the Conference was fun, exciting, social and breathtaking. I felt equal with the other student leaders and I even got a photo of myself, the only bad thing about the Student Leader Conference was that I won’t get to do it again.