International Baccalaureate: CAS

14.8.2021-25.5.2022 Series: about 20h I decided that I want to help and guide the first year students when they first come to our school.  The applying process was at the end of the spring semester of 2021. We had to highlight our strengths and why we wanted to become tutors. Luckily, I was selected. I was extremely happy and eager to see what new challenges this program could bring me. The actual process was long. After the applying process, we had a national tutor training, which took about 3-4h. After the training, we had few meetings, where we were assigned our pairs and classes and planned the fall activities. We also designed our tutoring t-shirts. During the first week, we had some activities, which around 2h. We welcomed the students by the doors, guided them into their class rooms and got to know them. We were asked questions and told them about our own school experiences. The next week we had 3-4h workshops with all the new students. All tutor pairs were asked to come up ...

5/5/2022 Single: about 6h Once again, one exchange activity. All of us Finns took a break from school and headed to the border of Aragon to the amazing mountains of Mont-Rebei. We were prepared well with appropriate clothing and shoes, sunscreen, water and food. The whole route would take up to 24h to complete, so we hiked for the first approximately 2.5h, took a break and headed back. The views were absolutely breathtaking as the weather favored us. Pleasant 20-25 celsius degrees, with some sun and wind. The canyon of Mont-Rebei must have been one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my life and I am so glad we got to experience that, as we struggled to get there. I was positively surprised how well I personally managed to survive from the route, and how well the whole trip went. Guess positive attitude does help us after all! We ended up hiking up to 22 kilometres in 5 hours.

3/5/2022 Single, about 2h As I was part of the Erasmus -exchange, I stayed a week at a Catalonian family. My partner was a handballer, and took me with her to one of their practices.  I had zero previous knowledge or experience of the sport, which was sort of good, at least no negative prejudices. At first, we warmed up by just running and stretching. We played a handball-like warm-up game, where three volunteers had to 'burn' people by throwing a ball at them. When you were burned, you had to to different abdominal exercises, until others were burned as well. After the warm-up, we started to practice some handball drills, such as throwing the ball to the net, running through different circuits, and testing our reflexes by catching a ball. The practice was such a positive experience, everyone took me as a part of the team, helped when I struggled and congratulated when I succeeded. As I have not been a part of a team in a long time, it felt strange, but familiar. I learned a lo...