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An ethical dilemma I faced was doing service during Project Week. I worked with a kindergarten in Thailand for 3 days and this made me realise that this short term service we were doing could do more damage than help the kids. Although it was fun and the kids seemed to enjoy our stay with them, they were all very sad when we left. This made me think that the sudden coming and going of visitors could confuse them. Another ethical dilemma faced was the idea of who was serving who. Although we did do our part in helping to teach classes and playing with the kids, they also served us. Quite literally, they served food to us during meal times and cleaned our tables after we finished eating. This made it quite a strange experience as they treated us very well, and it seemed at times that they were doing more service to us even though we came to serve them. But the teachers in the school told us that they were instructed to do so as they want the kids to practice hospitality skills and speaking English, so in a strange way, perhaps we were still serving them as they could practice their skills on us.
Something that I learnt during the CAS process that I would take to university is developing planning skills. This was especially crucial in large scale projects like the IFP conference in Timor. As my team did not plan well in advance, many things were left to the last minute. I feel as though if we had planned much earlier on rather than planning it a day before the conference, the activities we did with the delegates could have been much more meaningful and focussed. In the future, I would make sure that a schedule of deadlines is made and stuck with. Especially in university, deadlines are less forgiving and it’s not like high school where teachers may give students a deadline extension if needed.
