November 19

The end of the show – CULTURAMA #2

4th October 2018

  • “DEMONSTRATE THAT CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN, DEVELOPING NEW SKILLS IN THE PROCESS”
  •  “SHOW COMMITMENT TO AND PERSEVERANCE IN CAS EXPERIENCES” 
  • “DEMONSTRATE THE SKILLS AND RECOGNISE THE BENEFITS OF WORKING COLLABORATIVELY”

After all the moments spent together, after all the long rehearsals every Thursday evening and all the extra ones on the 14th floor of the boarding house, the day has come. Culturama day is here!

With our sparkling dresses, we are performing on the stage following the beats of the music. Culturama meant a lot for me, first friendships, good vibes and then growth. I can barely think that one month ago I was so introvert and I felt scared even to speak with my teachers.

I have always liked challenges and this was one of the biggest I have ever faced. I will only have good memories from this experience and I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to participate actively. I tried to get the most from it and I recognize it helped me a lot. As a new student, not only did it gave me the chance to meet new people from school, especially day-students but also showed me how the UWCSEA community is like and what are the school activities people can be involved into.

Culturama inspired me a lot and I am really proud of the amazing job we did as a team by helping andmotivating each other one another, never letting us down even when the situations seemed impossible to solve.

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November 2

PSE reflections #1

During the first term, in PSE, we discussed topics such as ideal personalities types, emotional intelligence and optimism.

For me, it was the first time reflecting in class on myself and my personality. I found it really helpful, especially because with all the commitments in IB, not always do I find time to reflect on myself and I tent to take things for granted. Not only we analyzed ourselves deeply in order to build a more complete picture of ourselves, but also we discussed our role with the others both in school and in society in general. For example, I realized that when I work in a group I care that everyone’s feelings have been taken into consideration and that their voices have been heard before acting. In addition, this classes made me realize that everyone reacts differently to each situation and before take whatever action we should be more considerate.

However, the thing I enjoyed the most of the course was the discussion on IQ and EQ. Personally, I think that a high EQ is even more important than a high IQ. In my opinion, empathy and creating bonds skills allows you to succeed more in life. With this, I am not saying that having good math skill is not important but, if your friendship skills are weak, your incredible math will be never noticed.

In conclusion, I would say that this term really helped me settle in the school. I had a really taught time but, thanks to the work done on positivity, I have been able to manage it.

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