I think I demonstrated 2 learner profile attributes very well outside the academics of school. When we went to a town bordering Burma which was in the Chiang Mai Province in Thailand, we did a variety of activities. One of them was the confidence course which was quite hard for me as I feel it easier to do more mental/intellectual work than athletic work. I was not the one who could easily feel the confidence course which was pretty much a confidence course but I still tried to do the course. It was quite hard but I still was a risk taker and took this risk that I never took before. I may have not completed it but tried it three times and each time doing a better job and closer to finish the course.
I also think I was a thinker in this trip as we had one more activity in which we had to draw our face on a ballon and stick on one of the targets. Our goal was to blow up other friends balloons before our gets blown up. There was an inspection by the instructors and teachers (a casual one) if our balloon was big enough so it can be easier to hit. What I did was that I blew the balloon up a normal size but when I was tying it, I tried to keep a bit of the knot open so some air can pass by which can make my balloon smaller and smaller. In the beginning, there are many options for people to target so it was quite unlikely for people to hit mine but when time passes by and many balloons go down, the options increase of blowing up so keep the knot a bit open made the balloon size smaller which made it hard for the archer to hit mine and want to go for other balloons. My plan somewhat worked as the I came in the semi finals of the round (my balloon got to small eventually and fell down the target). You can say my balloon was not blown up with the bow but died by old age.
I showed personal responsibility over the trip as I had to unpack and pack my own belongings, plan for the next day, remember what are important times like meals or when the next activity would start etc. It was quite hard to plan for shower times, packing and unpacking etc. with a busy itinerary and no support from family. I checked that I had all belongings with me at times so I should not lose anything. I believe I showed improvement in personal responsibility.
It was quite hard for me to stay away from my family as like every child, I love my family and house. However, I felt a bit more homesick than maybe some other children because maybe I am a bit more emotional than other children in this matter likewise some other children would feel more emotional in other matters than me. I would have those depression streaks sometime which caused me to ask one of my teacher if I could cause my mom. After the first two days of camp and calling my mom, I was fine for the rest of the time.
This trip has helped me become more aware of my own strengths for growth as before I knew what I fields I could improve in but now I know how and where to exactly improve in. For instance, I knew that I was not a good person to perform confidence course but now I know that I can improve by bearing strength on walking on a metal chain as I can balance really well which means this is the only draw back which is not making me complete the confidence course. Another example would be is when I was doing jungle survival, I knew that I was strong in designing rigid structures with firm bases but did not know that I was also good in executing the plan. I was able to put the bamboo well and cover the structure with banana leaves well.
By this camp, I was able to make many new friends as I did not know 4 of my 5 roommates well. I talked with them and found out that I made new friends. I also made friends not only from my school but from local schools. Although it was quite hard to pronounce the Thai local children’s names and communicate with them as I did not know thai and they did not know english, I still was able to play lots of games with them and enjoyed. If I add a fact, the most effective way to communicate with someone with body language which is the way I did it! Here is a pie graph to support the fact I mentioned:
Overall, I liked this trip!
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