Travelling to Japan
at the age of 16 I travelled to the other side of the world, to a different language, a different culture and even a different continent and I did that all by myself. It was a great experience that gave me a lot of personal growth and responsibility. I will always keep this memories of such a beautiful experience.
Also not to mention how I did all of my homework before leaving for the trip and came back to the exam week.
Results:
I indentified my streghts in the way I was able to be alone and take good care of myself and be responsible not only with my money but also with how I behaved, still I need to work harder in being organized and being ready on time and faster.
I developed the ability to be by myself in another country and continent and i was able to administrate my time and money always being responsible. I managed to socialize with different people and learn about a different culture and even learned the numbers in japanesse.
The activity consisted of integrating and socialize with the 10th graders because they are the nexts to come into CAS with us and we wanted them to feel like a part of the group. We did many ativities, from collages that represented our personalities to fun team activities to learn how to work together.
Results
5. we worked as teams to be able to finish the activities and also socializing and getting to know new people
This activity consisted on going to a local mountain and hiking it in one day. We then had a picnic on top of the mountain and we were able to socialize and excersise together while we also worked as teams to get to the top and we were able to connect with nature.
Results
2. We faced our laziness and worked really hard to get all the way to the top of this mountain
5. We worked as a team to be able to get to the top and organize our little picnic
This activity consisted on spending the night in the nature in a mountain. I was able to develop some new skills and connect a lot with nature. Where there was no internet or society we had to prepare everything and spend the night alone in the middle of nowhere.
Results
2. I learned how to start a fire, how to live without my phone and I connected with nature in ways I never thought possible.
I decided to test myself and learn something new to develop new skills in myself. I always thought quads were pretty cool so I decided to learn how to ride and use one.
Results:
2. I developed new skills and I was able to face every dificulty and persevere in the process of learning
This activity consited on facing my fears of being alone, and learning how to be with myself. I did not only did this superficially but I went big taking myself on a coffee date alone. This did not only helped me grow as a person and overcome my fears but it also changed my perspective on the way I live my life.
Results:
I knew one of my biggest fears was being alone so I decided to act on that and took myself on a date.
2. I was able to learn how to be with myself which was one of my biggest fears and I was able to grow as a person and develop not only new skills but new perspectives as well.
We discovered our city has one of the most important museums in the country so my friends and I decided to organize a trip to visit this place and get to know our city and the art it was holding. This way we learnt about our city and we also developed the skills to understand other points of view and expand our knowledge.
Results:
3. We took the decision to go over and learn about our culture
6. We did not only learn about our city and art but we also took acountability of how important this museum is not only for the city but for the country and the arts in general.
Similar to the museum my friends and I decided to visit an art exhibition where they told us there were 14 codes hiding all over the museum and we decided to look for all of them in order to win the price. We worked as a team going all over the place looking for every code and taking a picture of us with each one of the codes.
Results:
5. We needed to work as teams to be able to find all of the codes together
Not only did I decided to do this to be able to develop new skills and find new hobbies for myself but I also wanted to be able to play with my little brother for when he has no one else to play with. So even when this is an activity I would also consider it an act of love.
Results:
2. I learnt and developed the skill to play videogames
This activity was very much needed since I am now 18 years old but I had tried many times and none of them were really succesful therefore I gave uo but decided to persevere and now I can gladly say I can drive and get myself to wherever I want or need to go. Even when this took a long time I was able to do it.
Results:
2. I was able to develop a new skill, to face all the dificulties and to be able to finally drive
3. Even when it was hard and the process was full of challenges I was able to make it and I can now say I drive.
I love pizza and as a hobby, and activity and with the desire to learn something new and develop new skills I learnt how to make pizza from scratch.
Results:
2. I developed the ability to make something new and I was able to delete all the challenges and make it through this process.