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Signature of my tennis coach

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Signature of my piano Teacher

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Final Reflection

CAS has been an exciting experience, which I had never encountered before in my school years. It combines three areas that every and each one of us should pursue on regular basis: Activity, Creativity and Service. In my case, following those areas helped me organise my timetable and set myself concrete hours on which I needed to do a particular activity. If I was to point out, one leading quality of CAS is its consistency. By consistency, I mean that it forces you to instore a rigour on the activities we were doing more rarely before. I am really happy with how it helped me improve my piano consistency and how precisely I followed my progress in sports, such as tennis and the gym. I believe that the service area also allows young students who have never had a voluntary activity before to engage in critical social projects, which bring a lot of relief and positives to those who are helped. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic undermined my will to engage more in the Service part of CAS, which could only be performed online every week. Therefore, I would have loved to participate in non-online events related to Service.  Finally, I think that during my CAS experience, I could have updated my CAS blog more on a regular basis, while often I neglected my will to write posts more regularly and kept the task for later. On the other hand, such regrouped activities at one time allowed me to realise how many positive actions and developments I had undertaken during these two years of CAS.

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Summarizing post

1. Evidence for completion of CAS project.

For my CAS project, I took part in the Amnesty Letter Writing Marathon. It is shown on the posts from the 16 of February.

2. Evidence of identification of strengths and areas for personal growth (LO1).

-The first example of my personal growth is the time spent in the gym. During these long weeks of training my main strength was to keep up training consistently. ( Activity nr. 31, 33, 34…)

-Another one was the cooking skills I developed during these weeks. I believe that regardless of my lack of cooking abilities at the beginning, I managed to develop them with time. ( Creativity nr. 29, 30, 31)

3. Evidence of undertaking new challenges and developing new skills in the process (LO2).

-The first new challenge I attempted was cooking. ( Creativity nr. 29, 30, 31)

- During my CAS experience I also attempted to create piano pieces. ( Creativity nr. 9)

4. Evidence of initiating and planning a CAS experience (LO3).

-A long-term planning experience can be seen when preparing the Amnesty International Letter Writing Marathon. ( Posts from the 16 February)

-Another one can be seen when planning my gym activity in the months of training. (Activity 29)

5. Evidence of commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences (LO4).

-All of my tennis activity posts show consistent tennis training for almost two years. ( Activity 1,4,6,8,9,…)

-Consistent piano playing for almost two years. (Creativity 5,6,7,8,9…)  

6. Evidence of demonstrating the skills and recognizing the benefits of working collaboratively (LO5).

-During all meetings of Amnesty International a strong collective work could be perceived. Often vivid discussions all offered a growth of knowledge in our group. (Service 1-30)

 -The CAS project created strong cooperation between all Amnesty International members. (Posts from the 16 February)

7. Evidence of engagement with issues of global significance (LO6).

-Once again I have to mention the Amnesty International meetings, where we discussed an enormous number of issues of global significance. Every week we expressed our opinions on humanitarian issues, which has made us stronger as a group. ( Service 1-30)

 8. Evidence of recognizing and considering the ethics of choices and actions (LO7).

-During the CAS project ethics were a huge factor, since we had to defend people not only on a law basis but also from an ethical point of view. (Posts from 16 February)

 9. Evidence of reflection on significant CAS experiences. 

-Post Activity nr. 9 offers a great reflection on what a tennis match is, and how to win it.

-Creativity post nr. 22 offers a great reflection on how consistent you need to be when training a piano piece.

-Service post nr 30 shows a deep analysis of the situation in Ukraine, and how our group discussed this important matter.

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During these two weeks I have continued to work on another nocturne by Frederic Chopin. I still need to improve my tempo management and work on the consistency of my presses. However I am happy of the advancements I have made so far.

Creativity 34

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This time I am really proud of my cooking. I believe I seasoned the vegetables perfectly, and the mint matched perfectly the taste I wanted to give. I look forward to do more such cooking in the future, since it helps me to work on my concentration and perseverance.

Creativity 33

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During these two meetings of amnesty international, we discussed the horrible ongoing situation in Ukraine. We believe that amnesty has an enormous potential to help people fleeing the war, and all of us need to get involved in some sort of help.

Service 30

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On thèse two meetings of amnesty international we discussed the potential escalation in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, and how we can help to resolve it peacefully.

Service 29

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This time I managed to do several leg exercises. I also performed really well on the chest press, which is my favorite exercise by far. I will continue to work on consistency since it’s the most important factor while going to the gym.

Activity 34

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During these two weeks I went several times to the gym.

I am really proud since I start to see the effects of my hard work there. I believe I need more motivation to pursue leg days, however during the next two weeks I will address this issue.

Activity 33

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#Service

Unfortunately, during these two weeks, there was no Amnesty International meeting. 

Service 29

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During these two weeks, at the meetings of Amnesty International, we discussed the urgent situation on the Polish-Belarusan border. Almost a thousand of, mostly afgan people, were standing on the border, put there by the Lukashenka regime. We discussed the complexity of the situation, and what are the possible outcomes. It was a really enriching experience and discussion. 

Service 28

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In order to improve tennis skills, a good running condition is primordial. During this training with my coach, we trained the adequate running to short balls. Often in matches opponents try to surprise you and play a short bull, so you need to be prepared. During the exercise my running condition was good, however, I need to improve my precision while playing back the ball on the other side. 

Activity 32

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I am really proud of keeping my gym activity on a constant level. Since December I keep a ratio of three times a weak, which is really encouraging. In addition, I start to see the effects of this work, and it only motivates me to keep pushing. On the other hand, I could motivate myself even more, and go further in terms of gym activity. It would beneficial in boosting my results and achieving the goals I have set myself.  

Activity 31

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This time I am extremely proud of my cooking. Since last time, I improved massively on the presentation side, while keeping the adequate taste in the meat. The pesto sauce I made was also spot on, which is quite encouraging regarding my lack of cooking knowledge. On the other hand I am stil willing to improve by trying to create new, more complacated meals. I realized that perseverence is key in those kind of activities.

Creativity 31

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During these two weeks I attempted to ameliorate my level in cooking. Since I was living alone for almost a month, I was the only one cooking for myself. This is a pesto risotto with a piece of pork. It was quite good, however next time I need to work on the presentation side since it looks not as appetizing as it was. 

I look forward towards cooking more in the near future.  

Creativity 30