Reflection

The main purpose of CAS is to promote activity, creativity and service of students. For individual it is hard to develop all this three areas. In my opinion, this year I developed activity skills the most, but the service and creativity was not left behind.

To begin with, International Baccalaureate convention of Lithuania students helped to initiate and plan CAS activities. The convention proceeds every year but this year the main purpose was to extend student knowledge about CAS. With other students we shared our experiences in CAS. The main idea was emphasized that IB students should connect all three areas creativity, activity and service in one entirety. It was easier for me to create my objectives without thinking about differentiation of goals. As a result, it was easier to fill my blog by using some advises which I get from contemporaries.

Moreover, I involved CAS experiences in the daily life regular. To be instance of perseverance and commitment for me was easiest in activity sphere. When the school year started I initiate my physical activity by going to volleyball trainings. I schedule my trainings two time a week because during the year I had a lot of tournaments for which the good preparation is needed. Our volleyball team had some losses which encourage us do not give and improve the skills. Also, I tried to service and create over the time but I was doing it with brakes. Therefore, I think that I should continue activity and create, service more regular.

What is more, some activities was really challenging because I never used to do them before. I had some activities which required organization. During the Chirstmas period I helped to organize the “Tea Day“ in my school. At first it looked easy but when we started to organize unexpected problems such as, lack of equipment come to the fore. Because of such problem I learnt that the collective assistance is needed to create successful event. Previously I tried to dodge from organization because I was afraid for responsibilities which are related with organization.

Furthermore, the main skill gained through CAS experiences is collaboration. I am glad that the vast majority of CAS activities was created in groups. As I mentioned before, I was playing volleyball with a team. In team sport it is impossible to achieve goals without team collaboration. Also, our class tried to operate as much as possible. With classmates we participated in bike hike for suicide prevention, run in solidary run, went to convention, made gifts for charity and so on. Collaboration helped to create cordial connections between classmates, strengthen relationships and sense of community. From the other side, sometimes it was hard to work in big group and make decisions because we are various personalities with different opinions, perspectives.

Also, I tackle with issues of global significance. Primary event of this year was participation in “Erasmus + “ project. The topic of project is “Movement”.  We was considering about mobility in the future and tried to find the ways how to solve problems related with pollution, refugees, infrastructure for people with disabilities. Also, I participated in activity where my group needed to find the way of traveling around our Erasmus project countries cities (Hamburg, Paris, Milan, Athens, Vilnius, Porto) which would be friendly for environment. During the visits in Paris and Taurage we was concentrated on ecofriendly footprint in movement. In this year I was not only tried to solve some problems theoretical but also practical. With classmates we participated in collective assistance and cleaned our school environment. When pollution is increasing in high rate all over the world we as a students helped to manage this problem. I think that all these problems are important in global scale and we made responsible decisions.

To sum up, CAS experiences help to develop my personality. I am active as much as possible and maintain my physical condition. Activity help me to develop cooperation, discipline and self-confidence. I am proud that I started to service more because it encourage me to good-natured and useful for society. The part of my life became creativity which help me to relax, understand my feelings and promote my imagination.