The leader I thought I wasn't | Zeynep Calik | TEDxHaymarket Youth

[applause] One core memory that I have from when I used to live in Turkey was the importance national holidays held for students. Every year, our classes would put on performances where students read poems, sang songs, perform traditional dances, and more. During our preparation for these performances, there was one position that also got to play behind the scenes, the leader.Chosen in a classroom, buzzing with whispered guesses, scraping chairs, and my stomach tightening as I wondered whether if I'd ever b ...