Four students at POHS were approached directly by Dr. Quillin to become docents for the Magna Carta exhibit. We were wary at first, but when we knew we would be touring people through the exhibit in pairs, we agreed. When we went to the HMNS the first time to train, we were unsure of what was required of us to become a docent because none of us had ever done anything like it. The training sessions quickly cleared it up for us.
We as docents had a lot of responsibility, no adult supervision for us. Two students would be put together to take a group of students or otherwise that they would have to talk to themselves to organize the tour. To teenagers, this is a rather daunting task. But so far we have managed to do it pretty well.
Learning about the Magna Carta and the time of it was very interesting and fun. We loved to give people we toured the information that wasn't on the panels in the exhibit that they never would have known without us. It gives us a feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction that we don't really get from much else.
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