Thursday, November 3, 2011

Challenge 3: Activity Week

56. Discuss how your travel experiences have affected you as a student and a citizen of the world.


“Experience outside and you’ll learn inside,” says Ye Jin

Ye Jin Kim, an 11th grade-Korean girl studying in Woodstock school, India, expressed her feelings after the camp experience at Utterkashi during her school’s Activity Week. She showed her determination to change her behavior as a student and a citizen of the world after the experience of no showers and no bed. “I realized how much I should be grateful to have a warm room with a nice desk and water sources,” said Ye Jin.

It was found out by her classmates that she had lost in all the games played during the Activity week and was dared to wash all their plates. “It was horrible!” exclaimed Ye Jin. “The plates were so disgusting, especially the ones with food remaining. I am not going to waste any food from now on!”

For a week, Ye Jin’s class was asked to climb rocks up and down by bouldering, jummaring, and rappelling. The activities also included river-crossing and a day hike. Emphasizing on the fact that the rocks were very slippery and hard to climb, Ye Jin stated that the Activity week certainly was a positive outcome from a plan that seemed to be unenthusiastic at first. “It surely was challenging. When my foot slipped due to water current and I was losing confidence to stand up again in the river, I saw all my classmates looking and encouraging me,” replied Ye Jin with a smile on her face to the question of her Activity week experience. “I don’t think I can ever forget what happened in this trip. I learnt important values of small things and people around me; I am really grateful to God for everything.”

Ye Jin showed her confidence to accept bigger challenges in life and expressed her greater expectations for the next Activity week in her senior year. 

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