In this photo, you can see me doing theatre with a group of young actors for the royal hunt of the sun. Within this production, my skills improved massively in acting and I became more focused on myself as an actor and I could see myself doing the rest of the course with pride in myself and my capabilities. This was a very large turning point in the process of me becoming the actor I am today.
Tuesday 4th September – First production meeting
Today also marked the first day of the production I was accepted into called “The royal hunt of the sun” I was quite nervous going in as I had only been in one production prior to this. A goal for this task was simply to try to throw myself into it and really embrace this opportunity to aid my acting skills. I had initially signed up as I felt that it would be quite beneficial for me because I’m taking HL Theatre and my drama teacher thought that all those who were doing her class should at least audition for one of the productions.
Once arriving at the drama room I was greeted by Ms.Parr who would be directing the play and she seemed very nice so I was looking forward to participating in the production and working with the group. One of my initial observations was that Ms. Parr kept pointing me out and explaining things about how school productions work to me specifically. At first I was worried that she thought that I wasn’t paying attention however she then explained to me that it was actually because I was the only new student
After that things got a lot easier once I understood, one thing I do remember is that she said that 150 people audition for the productions and out of that only 22 got into our production! On top of that I was the only ‘new student’ to get into the play which I saw as a great privilege.This product is extremely important to me and I hope that in the future I can develop my fundamental acting skills in the long run however my short term goal is that I research my character and understand most things about the play by this time next session.However I would say that today was very successful and I achieved my goals of getting to know everyone as best I could and show that I am committed.
Today’s lunch time marked my very first meeting for my new global concern called surf-aid. I feel a lot more comfortable in this new GC as it I have more friends here and I understand the goals and the mission aim of this GC.The experience was very enjoyable and some goals I aim to achieve by doing this activity are that I would like to help the surfed cause by participating in all external fundraisers for the GC and aiming to share information about the cause to me peers. I also aim to gain more knowledge about the area that my GC is aiming to help, I have a rudimentary understanding of what the cause is about, however, I hope to develop this in the future.
One thing I noticed is that most members of the group actively participate in the swim team, despite this they made me feel very welcome and they were all very kind.The environment was very laid back, although I believe this is because it was the first meeting.We all had to complete ice breakers and a give a brief description as to why we wanted to do this GC and mine was that I thought that It would be beneficial for me to make new friends at this new school and also that I had never been in a Global concern before and I was intrigued as to how It all worked.
My goals for the first session was to simply greet new people and show that I was engaged and someone who had the capacity to be committed.I achieved this by showing up punctual and not being shy by participating in most of the conversations. My aim for next time is to develop further knowledge about my GC.
In my PSE classes, we have been looking at several topics such as identity, personality types, emotional intelligence, grit and optimistic talk with these new topics I have learned I now wonder about how they apply to my journey through the ib.
I believe that the fundamental understanding of emotional intelligence will help me to further my mental well being and at times when I feel upset, I will be able to draw on it as a strength of mine as I have learned that I am quite emotionally intelligent. Also in the future, I will be able to develop my personality strengths to make sure I am happier with myself and that I also have a more positive view of myself. Something that I found interesting with the PSE course was the discussion about which is more important EQ or IQ this in particular spiked my interest as I wanted to know because my EQ had always felt stronger than my IQ and it was very fun to learn about other peoples view. Overall I am pleased with the level of understanding I have made if this course and I am to continue my knowledge of the discussion.
I also really enjoyed discussing the traits of someone’s identity and what made me who I am, this style of asking a question such as who am I? intrigues me and I think that this information and discussion were key in order for me to gain a better understanding of my identity a personality and I think it has been really beneficial.