Aspiration meeting

The 5 intermediate classes filled into the street and sat down. Mr Burt and 4 others came in. I had no clue what  their names were. (apart from Mr Burt.) Mr Burt says that the main speaker for this event is called Andrew Patterson. He starts off by saying his welcomes and then he talks about a kid who was very shy. Now he’s a public speaker who gets paid for speaking at conferences.

He introduces the next speaker called Andrew Samuels. He shows a slide on the tv that said “To Mihiako Hoki” At first no one could figure it out. Then Andrew said that it was “you are awesome!”

He talks about when you would use it and how to say it properly. Then he advances to the next slide. It says “Your Past Does Not Have To Determine Your Future.” Meaning what happens in the past does not have to affect what you do in the future.’

Next was another male called Paula Fakalaka. He comes in and says some facts about himself then says “don’t be afraid to take risks.” Only if there good risks not bad risks because bad risks have the risk of killing you. We talked about what was a good risk and what was a bad risk until it was time for the female to come.

The female was called Amelia Unufe and she was underestimated at school because her 2 older brothers both flunked out and everyone thought that she was going to as well. She said that it wouldn’t affect her and she would continue doing the best she could. Thats why her thing to remember would be don’t let “peoples expectations stop you”.

We ended it off by singing our school karakia Powhiri Mai. We sang our hearts out to the 4 people that came. We gave them our thanks and gave Andrew Patterson a box of chocolates for being the host of this special event.

Braeden