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Summary of my overall CAS experience.

I am generally proud of wat I accomplished throught the 3 years of my CAS experience. During the physics extracurricular activities I learned a lot about physics itself and improved my tinkering skills. Some of the tinkering skills I didnt know before and never had the chance to obtain, however with the physics club I had the chance to learn how to solder wires and other electronics.

When it comes to my activities I think I generally increased my health and condition as a whole. The regular bike rides were great fun as well as lengthy excercises which required a lot of effort. Additionally my hiking trips provided me with memorable experiences which I’m unlikely to forget.

Volunteering as part of the dog shelter was perhaps the most consistent of my activities. Throught the three yeas I conducted my CAS it, and the physics club remained constant. Even when my presence at the physics club became sparse due to schoolwork, I still attended the shelter. The dogs I took care of also forged some great memories I am unlikely to forget. 

If I were to reflect on what could be done better, it would be to participate in something which impacts the world more. Working as a volunteer for an international oragnization would, in my view also grant me with some great memories and experiences.

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CAS PROJECT - A summary

As part of my CAS project I and Janusz Musiatowicz participated in the preperations for the Warsaw Science Picnic, in which our school took part. I posted the preperations on my cas updates earlier but now I’ll compile the taken photos of the preperations for the cas project.

I, along with Janusz Musiatowicz, worked for Mr. Miszta to prepare all the devices nescessary to participate. I had a very large part in the compiling and manufacture of said devices and was one by far of the most frequently present at the workshop. Due to short term health complications I was unfortunately unable to attend the event itself but the devices were used to great extent.

The project qualifies as both creativity, as devices were made by myself and others as well as service as I  was helping the school participate as well as help the overall picnic.

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I must admit I have not been the most diligent when it come to regulairly pratcicng the clairnet. However I was able to get some sensical sound out of it and the rythm is still there so nevertheless, I plan to continue playing.

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With the new spring season it is much easier to take the shelter dogs for a walk. Plus the weather is just much brighter and the atmosphere is better.

In the picture on the wheels - Czarny

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The last tour I took was a hike across a few villages, from the skiing slope to the hostel at which I was lodged at. The roads are very narrow so you really have to stay at the side of the asphalt to let passing cars through.

On the photo Giewont is visible.

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This time more of a sightseeing walk. It was not as long as the previous hikes, but I visited a nice church with a pretty interesting decoration for the szopka. Additionally the statue of Card. Wyszyński was all snowed up, which I thought was interesting.

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One of my more dedicated hikes in the mountains. This time I walked the long walk from he base of the Tara mountains by Łysa Polana up to Morskie Oko. The weather was incredible as it was windy, snowing and cold. The lake itself was frozen and covered wih snow so naturally I took a walk on top of this beautiful (during summer) lake.

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Some four years ago I used to play the clairnet regulairly. However when I was in the last year of middle school this habit began to fade. I opened my clairnet casing and noticed it was rather rusty so I cleaned it up with a few harder metal brushes and the rust came of rather nicely withou excessive scrathes to the metal itself. I plan to now start to get back to playing the instrument.

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With winter on full I started hiking in the mountains and going on longer walks at those altitudes. It feels really nice to just keep on walking in the snow.

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Continuing to regulairly take out the dogs from the shelters. I take photos when I bring the little book with signatures to support my presence there. When I dont, I usually dont take photos. But I try to attend as regulairly as possible.

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With the fall season finally coming to a close and the cold winter becoming increasingly noticeable, I did the last of my baike trips. This time I travelled from home all the way to school. Please note I live outside warsw and the whole ride took me about an hour and fourty minutes and spanned over 25 kilometers. I actually forgot to turn on my ride tracker until I was well on may way towards Ochota. Note that from Międzylesie onwards I rode with Wiktoria.

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Confirmation signatures for the dog shelter visits.

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It’s a shame that with my new lesson schedule it’s virtually impossible for me to find time to visit the shelter, since the few hours it’s open, I have lessons every single day. Hopefully the weekends will have to make do.

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I am proud to say we are finally finishing our computer which was assebled by us using the old computer parts the school disposed of. The only missiong piece is the vital hard drive, without it we can’t boot the system. Instead we can boot the BIOS, but without a hard drive our hands are tied.

When the computer is finished, we’ll ship this to a friend of Kuba’s who is in need of a PC as his family is not as well off.

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Continuing regulr cycling, this is the same track done - one in August last year and one on September this year. There is quite a difference for the better. A change in almost 8 minutes.

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Some pictures of the dogs which were taken for a walk last time.

Henio - Top

Szarik - Bottom

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During the summer I paid Mr.Miszta a visit, along with doing some measurements for my internal assesment I also helped out a bit in the lab. I also noticed that there were plenty of t-shirts from the science festival left over so I snagged one for myself - since the previous size M was three sizes too small.