Our second speech took place Tuesday May 3rd, which took place at the boys campus of The Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi. Our guest was Saeed Al Mehairi, whose passion for cars and racing lead him to be one of the UAE and the world's top GT drivers. He also works at Abu Dhabi Motorsports Company at Yas Island.
As part of the Why Not? Campaign team, Al Mehairi spoke to the boys of Grade 11. He began his session creatively, by asking him to guess what his career is. He got with him a set of clothing he wears during driving. The students' guesses and remarks were funny. But none guessed: a GT driver! Then, Al Mehairi spoke about how he started and he got to where he is right now. His achievements, were an inspiration to the ambitious students of Glenelg.
Below is a video illustrating an advice he was giving the students:
*Note: After recording, we discovered the voice was a bit faint.
Raise your device's volume to the loudest please, before playing it. Thank you!
We picked 6 students to go to Phase 3 and represent Glenelg by creating a feature of an Emirati talent who portrays our objective. They are:
- Ahmed Al Qubaisi
- Ahmed Al Saad
- Butti Al Shamsi
- Rashed Al Mehyas
- Rashed Al Nuaimi
- Yousef Al Saad
You probably noticed we picked "6" and not "5" .. that is because when we already chose the 5, 1 student insisted he wants to be part of the campaign and is too excited for the concept; which of course, we were happy to hear! So we agreed.
As previously mentioned in the past posts, the features will be published in the Features section of the blog where you and others will be able to Vote for your favorite!
