November 17

Challenges in SEAMC and gymnastics

In CAS there were a lot of big challenges that I had to overcome, for example in SEAMC and in gymnastics. For SEAMC the biggest challenge was that everyone else is really smart and that I had a lot of different things to learn together. I could overcome this challenge by working and learning from other people to collaborate. This helped me to get better in math but also learn new skills such as being able to work with other people. In gymnastics the challenge was really big. I was scared of doing some things such as the forward roll so it was hard to get the courage to do that. But with the support of the coach and even friends and other people I think I got more confident and tried to learn it and partly succeeded.

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October 29

Karate – 1

  • LO2- Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process
  • LO4-Show commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences
  • LO5-Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively

I can’t believe that I passed the grading last time (in August), I skipped a session because I was feeling dizzy. But I got back to continue the other sessions after feeling a bit better. So now my belt is blue-black. I really hope that I can get to a black belt before I graduate, but that’s not so possible. But I will keep that in mind to push myself to work hard.

My friends joined karate, they liked it. I’m so happy. Now I can teach others too. During training sessions, we practiced some movements and also hitting the sandbags. My muscles are painful at the end.

A yellow belt taught us our kata (the set of movements required to be memorized and performed). I practiced the kata for a few lessons and also at home. I think I’m quite confident about my next grading.

Photos from the last grading:

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October 22

Culturama 1 -Japan

LO2- Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process​.

 

It’s the first time I join a dance activity at UWC. learning to dance is a challenge to me. It is very hard to control my body to move in the intended way. I am also not very sensitive to music beats. We practiced in front the mirror in the dance studio every Thursday to improve skills. The dance leaders Ami and Ayami would teach us the movement. One thing special about Japan dance is that we need to keep arms and legs straight most of the time. It was emphasised a lot of times but we still sometimes forget. We also used the claps to add sounds as part of the performance. It is a very nice dance. It’s beautiful visually and the music is also good. I’m proud of it in the end. I’m also proud that I learnt a dance with the help from other people in the dance group. 

 

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September 13

Challenge within CAS so far

What has been the biggest challenge within CAS so far? What might you do to improve this?

 

There’s no major challenge in any particular one thing, but it’s like there is a bit of difficulty in everything, cumulatively there are just so many things and put some pressure on me. I feel like my mind is always thinking about different things; I can’t focus or pay close attention for a long time. This impacted my academic study a little. I used to always fully immerse in my learning, but now I can hardly do that. To improve this, I think I can write down what I need to do and when I should do it, then just stop thinking about it.

 

I want to just record the small challenges.

 

Creativity:

I didn’t get in the two art-related activity(marimba and animate), so next semester I better get one to fill creativity requirement. But it can be tricky because I plan to join the badminton team. I thought I could at least get into one of the two, so sad, they are so interesting. I want to do badminton and it can be hard because I will have to do more things if I join other activities.

 

Service:

I became the legislation officer in my service Lighthouse. It’s the first time I take a leadership role. I think that’s going to be a challenge. But I think there’s a lot that I will learn. I want to do well in my leadership role and make the service better, and also learn how to take responsibilities.

 

Activity:

I’m so bad at gymnastics! I can’t even complete warm-up😂😂😂

But the children are so friendly and the coach is very kind and experienced. She tried to teach me forward roll, but I was too scared to try. I learned backward roll and a few jumps. I want to learn forward roll next week and learn more after that. I successfully persuade Rita to join karate, I feel very happy about it. I did so bad at the last grading, but I’m so lucky to still got passed. I want to get better so I can feel happy about how I do at gradings.

 

Other:

I have an idea of starting a club. I’m quite sure what I want to do, but  I have no idea if I will be able to do it. I talked to Mr. Rick about it. There’s a bit of communication problem with me. I can’t clearly tell others all the details about my idea, it’s a bit too important to me. I can only talk to my parents about it easily. So when he asked me about the details of what I want to do, I said I don’t know just to stop him from asking. Now I feel like I should have told him more. Anyway, he said I should try even if I might fail. I agree with that, but it is not just about me, I need to get my friends and a teacher to join if I really want to do it. I don’t feel okay to persuade others to join something that might fail. I have time to figure it out.

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