many of you may wonder what a high
school student is doing on such a
prestigious stage what was the spark
that got me here don’t worry I’m not
sure either one thing I am sure of is
that this video may help explain it I’ll
comment hi I’m Melissa a remote
terracotta cousins this is the Hooton
Chandler runs on the most supreme
manuscripts in the entire world personal
favorite of mine a true masterpiece men
in the 1530s
it was finished in time for toughness
whilst I was in Persia as a gift for the
audience it returned to the second 1915
it was bought by the one thing is
supporting it is not the book an option
to its many pay this one of which is
this one right here this specifically
illustrates Melissa for every residents
death and police assess that when that
formal security is no speed and magical
sea horse comes out of the water if you
sink them close in strength is still
enough what do you think I’m sure you
felt the distinct difference between the
beginning and the end and the beginning
there was a still silent and voiceless
object however afterwards there was two
tie rods of docents explaining the
objects origins purpose and unique story
so what is at a garage of docent at a
branch of docent as a high school
student who voluntarily gives tours and
interns at the tyre project Museum I am
the founder of the tire garage of docent
program the first student-led
docent program in Kuwait and maybe even
in the Middle East established in May
2016
but why does this matter history art and
culture are the gems of every city and I
believe that these treasures should not
sit idle but have the voice they deserve
because the physical manifestations of
our past make up a crucial part of our
identity museums are keepers of a
priceless legacy but they’re only empty
lifeless spaces if it’s not filled with
people eager to learn and embrace ones
culture and heritage Steve Jobs one of
my personal heroes while introducing the
iPad once said it’s not technology alone
its technology married with the liberal
arts technology married with the
humanities that yields the results that
make our hearts sing now I’m a teenage
student who like the most of us is
trying to live a balanced life
juggling between studies and sports and
extracurriculars and musical instruments
and family obligations and somewhat of a
social life I was always more into
science and math art was never my thing
I realized this when I did my year seven
art exam I was asked to draw a spoon and
although I thought it was pretty good
when I got my results I got the cool
solid 28 percent that’s what I realized
maybe art is not the way for me but the
museum served as my gateway to explore
an interest in art and history that I
never even thought I had it so turned
out to be my place of imagination and
contemplation let’s backtrack a bit when
I was in year 9 the dark authorities
Lemire museum was giving out
applications for people to come and
become docents I applied because I was
told like most other kids my age were
look good for university applications
yes I fell into that Chiapas one but I
soon realize it wasn’t a trap at all but
one of my best life decisions so I got
accepted and I went into my first
introductory meeting in that meeting I
discovered two very important things one
museums do not come alive at night like
the movie Night at the Museum had
depicted and two volunteering means that
you’re not getting paid anytime soon
both of which were usually deal-breakers
– a 14-year old to make matters worse I
was given a big blue binder filled with
pages and pages and even more pages of
information about the museum and the
objects you can imagine my reaction to
that who wants to learn all that hence I
appropriately nicknamed it the dreaded
binder I was bored at our Saturday early
morning meetings what had some
perseverance I did end up learning the
content of the dreaded binder soon I was
giving my first tour to a family that
had entered the museum and before I knew
it I was giving tours to friends
teachers corporate executives and
diplomats something strange started
happening I started liking it I started
enjoying it because I had the power to
share my knowledge and impact people’s
ways of looking at different objects in
their culture and history in a way that
lets them related to their own life
situations I met people from different
countries speaking different languages
believing in different religions all
with their own unique stories I still
intern there today now for over three
years but I wanted to spread my passion
into a museum that I hold dear the dark
Raja
museum so consequently in January 2016 I
had an idea to make a team and form a
docent program with one special feature
that was completely and utterly
student-led letting 15 year olds loose
in a museum with expensive objects may
not sound like a good idea to most
people but the directors of the tyre
project Museum dr. Z hadn’t missed nor
completely supported us with our crazy
idea so we went forth I found my role
reversed this time it was my than my
team’s turn to create and share a
dreaded binder it was hard to find
students to join our program at first
because they couldn’t digest our vision
just like how I couldn’t when I first
joined Darla Tharp what inspired by our
founders Tariq and Johan Roger our team
was formed and our team came to love the
museum and with the program we had one
main aim which was to spread our passion
and knowledge to the community in a way
that benefits us together fortunately
this goal became a reality one of the
ways we did this was by hosting a
fun-filled event in which we shared our
knowledge with the public I’ll never
forget the team huddle before the event
that started we knew that a small
mistake could ruin all the hard work we
had put in for months well to quote our
museum director every international
ambassador and all the other visitors
had nothing but praise for our
performance hosting an event of that
caliber in the first year of our
establishment was thought to be an
impossible task
what does ambitious students do time and
time
we persevered and sort through I’d like
to share one special story of a docent
ronica swanny
in fact she’s a TEDx volunteer here
today
she was quite timid at first didn’t like
the idea of public speaking and wasn’t
confident to do her first tour but soon
after a few weeks and months into
training she became a very confident
speaking today gives him credible
towards that our museum
what started as a nerd club perceived as
a meeting place for students to come out
and talk about history soon became so
much more than that
we went well beyond a dreaded binder we
curated fun workshops great
brainstorming sessions and awesome
learning games in the museum itself we
were able to spread our wings into a
realm that would never be explored in a
usual classroom setting our program
today plays a key role in promoting our
art history and culture to students of
diverse nationalities this is
illustrated by the entire Jannetty of
our docents who hail from six countries
and speak at least seven languages hence
you’re able to create a family of
students make anything exhilarating
exciting and cultural melting pot and
however we had our fair share of
problems it wasn’t always rainbows and
bunny rabbits we had problems deciding
on content for the dreaded binder
scheduling meetings and students getting
a bit too loud in our heat debates the
museum nevertheless as a team we managed
to pull through and overcome the
problems we know since talk about beauty
we doses talk about power and rather
selfishly with docents talk about
ourselves part of the reason why I’m
clear today but we saw a challenge in
the music
that did have a docent program but we
saw this as an opportunity to benefit
the community and we took it
what started as a quiet museum was today
more than tripled the number of visitors
a vibrant place for sharing ideas a
colorful center of learning the perfect
place for dreaming furthermore in the
next academic year we plan to expand the
program into the tagged Rajab Islamic
calligraphy museum as well we plan to
recruit more docents hosts more fun for
the vents and write more you guessed it
dreaded binders so going forward we
envision the program going growing even
further and we have succession plans
ready and we envision the program
playing an integral part of our
community
now the tarp art museum has a docent
program
Darla’s thor museum as a docent program
and by January of 2016 the tired batch
of Islamic calligraphy museum will also
have a docent program now imagine as
there was 25 dedicated student docents
in every Museum in Kuwait and in every
Museum in the Middle East taking time
out of their schoolwork and homework to
learn about their art history culture
and to share it with people from inside
and outside the country doing this as a
family as a community as a society now
that would be cool and with little
perseverance that goal is not too far
away now I don’t ask you all to go
forward and make your own docent
programs but I challenge you to do three
things one I challenge you to explore a
field that you weren’t too interested in
before
because the results may surprise you to
find a challenge facing your community
you know the ones we always complain
about and implement a solution
beneficial to everyone and three trust
and support the youth trust and support
the youth with our crazy ideas you never
know what amazing solutions we may
provide onto the table to end I’d like
to port my inspiration my hero the
person who made me believe in myself and
the person that maybe do what I do today
Elon Musk once said when something is
important enough you do it even if even
if the odds are not in your favor
[Applause]
school student is doing on such a
prestigious stage what was the spark
that got me here don’t worry I’m not
sure either one thing I am sure of is
that this video may help explain it I’ll
comment hi I’m Melissa a remote
terracotta cousins this is the Hooton
Chandler runs on the most supreme
manuscripts in the entire world personal
favorite of mine a true masterpiece men
in the 1530s
it was finished in time for toughness
whilst I was in Persia as a gift for the
audience it returned to the second 1915
it was bought by the one thing is
supporting it is not the book an option
to its many pay this one of which is
this one right here this specifically
illustrates Melissa for every residents
death and police assess that when that
formal security is no speed and magical
sea horse comes out of the water if you
sink them close in strength is still
enough what do you think I’m sure you
felt the distinct difference between the
beginning and the end and the beginning
there was a still silent and voiceless
object however afterwards there was two
tie rods of docents explaining the
objects origins purpose and unique story
so what is at a garage of docent at a
branch of docent as a high school
student who voluntarily gives tours and
interns at the tyre project Museum I am
the founder of the tire garage of docent
program the first student-led
docent program in Kuwait and maybe even
in the Middle East established in May
2016
but why does this matter history art and
culture are the gems of every city and I
believe that these treasures should not
sit idle but have the voice they deserve
because the physical manifestations of
our past make up a crucial part of our
identity museums are keepers of a
priceless legacy but they’re only empty
lifeless spaces if it’s not filled with
people eager to learn and embrace ones
culture and heritage Steve Jobs one of
my personal heroes while introducing the
iPad once said it’s not technology alone
its technology married with the liberal
arts technology married with the
humanities that yields the results that
make our hearts sing now I’m a teenage
student who like the most of us is
trying to live a balanced life
juggling between studies and sports and
extracurriculars and musical instruments
and family obligations and somewhat of a
social life I was always more into
science and math art was never my thing
I realized this when I did my year seven
art exam I was asked to draw a spoon and
although I thought it was pretty good
when I got my results I got the cool
solid 28 percent that’s what I realized
maybe art is not the way for me but the
museum served as my gateway to explore
an interest in art and history that I
never even thought I had it so turned
out to be my place of imagination and
contemplation let’s backtrack a bit when
I was in year 9 the dark authorities
Lemire museum was giving out
applications for people to come and
become docents I applied because I was
told like most other kids my age were
look good for university applications
yes I fell into that Chiapas one but I
soon realize it wasn’t a trap at all but
one of my best life decisions so I got
accepted and I went into my first
introductory meeting in that meeting I
discovered two very important things one
museums do not come alive at night like
the movie Night at the Museum had
depicted and two volunteering means that
you’re not getting paid anytime soon
both of which were usually deal-breakers
– a 14-year old to make matters worse I
was given a big blue binder filled with
pages and pages and even more pages of
information about the museum and the
objects you can imagine my reaction to
that who wants to learn all that hence I
appropriately nicknamed it the dreaded
binder I was bored at our Saturday early
morning meetings what had some
perseverance I did end up learning the
content of the dreaded binder soon I was
giving my first tour to a family that
had entered the museum and before I knew
it I was giving tours to friends
teachers corporate executives and
diplomats something strange started
happening I started liking it I started
enjoying it because I had the power to
share my knowledge and impact people’s
ways of looking at different objects in
their culture and history in a way that
lets them related to their own life
situations I met people from different
countries speaking different languages
believing in different religions all
with their own unique stories I still
intern there today now for over three
years but I wanted to spread my passion
into a museum that I hold dear the dark
Raja
museum so consequently in January 2016 I
had an idea to make a team and form a
docent program with one special feature
that was completely and utterly
student-led letting 15 year olds loose
in a museum with expensive objects may
not sound like a good idea to most
people but the directors of the tyre
project Museum dr. Z hadn’t missed nor
completely supported us with our crazy
idea so we went forth I found my role
reversed this time it was my than my
team’s turn to create and share a
dreaded binder it was hard to find
students to join our program at first
because they couldn’t digest our vision
just like how I couldn’t when I first
joined Darla Tharp what inspired by our
founders Tariq and Johan Roger our team
was formed and our team came to love the
museum and with the program we had one
main aim which was to spread our passion
and knowledge to the community in a way
that benefits us together fortunately
this goal became a reality one of the
ways we did this was by hosting a
fun-filled event in which we shared our
knowledge with the public I’ll never
forget the team huddle before the event
that started we knew that a small
mistake could ruin all the hard work we
had put in for months well to quote our
museum director every international
ambassador and all the other visitors
had nothing but praise for our
performance hosting an event of that
caliber in the first year of our
establishment was thought to be an
impossible task
what does ambitious students do time and
time
we persevered and sort through I’d like
to share one special story of a docent
ronica swanny
in fact she’s a TEDx volunteer here
today
she was quite timid at first didn’t like
the idea of public speaking and wasn’t
confident to do her first tour but soon
after a few weeks and months into
training she became a very confident
speaking today gives him credible
towards that our museum
what started as a nerd club perceived as
a meeting place for students to come out
and talk about history soon became so
much more than that
we went well beyond a dreaded binder we
curated fun workshops great
brainstorming sessions and awesome
learning games in the museum itself we
were able to spread our wings into a
realm that would never be explored in a
usual classroom setting our program
today plays a key role in promoting our
art history and culture to students of
diverse nationalities this is
illustrated by the entire Jannetty of
our docents who hail from six countries
and speak at least seven languages hence
you’re able to create a family of
students make anything exhilarating
exciting and cultural melting pot and
however we had our fair share of
problems it wasn’t always rainbows and
bunny rabbits we had problems deciding
on content for the dreaded binder
scheduling meetings and students getting
a bit too loud in our heat debates the
museum nevertheless as a team we managed
to pull through and overcome the
problems we know since talk about beauty
we doses talk about power and rather
selfishly with docents talk about
ourselves part of the reason why I’m
clear today but we saw a challenge in
the music
that did have a docent program but we
saw this as an opportunity to benefit
the community and we took it
what started as a quiet museum was today
more than tripled the number of visitors
a vibrant place for sharing ideas a
colorful center of learning the perfect
place for dreaming furthermore in the
next academic year we plan to expand the
program into the tagged Rajab Islamic
calligraphy museum as well we plan to
recruit more docents hosts more fun for
the vents and write more you guessed it
dreaded binders so going forward we
envision the program going growing even
further and we have succession plans
ready and we envision the program
playing an integral part of our
community
now the tarp art museum has a docent
program
Darla’s thor museum as a docent program
and by January of 2016 the tired batch
of Islamic calligraphy museum will also
have a docent program now imagine as
there was 25 dedicated student docents
in every Museum in Kuwait and in every
Museum in the Middle East taking time
out of their schoolwork and homework to
learn about their art history culture
and to share it with people from inside
and outside the country doing this as a
family as a community as a society now
that would be cool and with little
perseverance that goal is not too far
away now I don’t ask you all to go
forward and make your own docent
programs but I challenge you to do three
things one I challenge you to explore a
field that you weren’t too interested in
before
because the results may surprise you to
find a challenge facing your community
you know the ones we always complain
about and implement a solution
beneficial to everyone and three trust
and support the youth trust and support
the youth with our crazy ideas you never
know what amazing solutions we may
provide onto the table to end I’d like
to port my inspiration my hero the
person who made me believe in myself and
the person that maybe do what I do today
Elon Musk once said when something is
important enough you do it even if even
if the odds are not in your favor
[Applause]
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