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People think they live more intensely than animals, than plants, and especially than things. Animals sense that they live more intensely than plants and things. Plants dream that they live more intensely than things. But things last, and this lasting is more alive than anything else.

Olga Tokarczuk, Primeval and Other Times

Final reflection

During the past two years I was completing one of the International Baccalaureate components which was Creativity, Activity and Service. For every strand I did something different, and everything I did has been a key factor in shaping me into the person I am today.

For Creativity, I painted, drew and made salt dough sculptures. At first, I wanted to learn how to paint with watercolors as it has always been my dream. After many months of trials, successes and failures, I have noticed that there are mostly failures. Therefore, I was trying to start painting with acrylics along with watercolors. After some time, I found acrylics to be too messy and time-consuming. Since then, I have been drawing and this is the best technique I found. I felt like I finally was successful and was truly developing my skills. I also mastered my own individual style. Overall, I am happy I had the experience and managed to find something that suits me.

For Activity, I did yoga and went on long walks. When I first started my journey with Creativity, Activity and Service, there was a pandemic in the world, and so I decided to do yoga. It was simple to do because there are exercises on various websites that helped me learn yoga poses. In the beginning I found it hard to motivate myself, however after some time the exercises came naturally to me. After some restrictions were lifted, I started going on long walks. Since then, I either went on a walk or did yoga as my Activity. It made me less stressed and helped me unwind.

For Service, my best friend and I founded a Debate Club. As we both have had experience with debating in middle school, we have decided that we wanted to teach others how to debate properly. At first the meetings could only be online and this was quite an obstacle, however we made it work. Unfortunately, after completing Year 1 of the International Baccalaureate programme, some of the younger attendees had to resign due to them starting the programme. In Year 2, the club meetings were held at school, and this came out to be a bigger difficulty. New people signed up for the club, but then after the first few months many dropped out. All in all, it was very rewarding and we can see how the people attending the club have progressed, especially the ones who were attending for two years.

There were also other experiences that made me reflect on my actions, like being the President of the Election Committee of my school or organizing transportation of toiletries to the Polish-Ukrainian border, in order to help the refugees.

To sum up, all of the things I have done during the completion of the Creativity, Activity and Service component shaped me as a person. I had to learn time management in order to be able to connect this component with schoolwork, all the Internal Assessments and the Extended Essay. It also encouraged me to do things outside schoolwork and for the school community. I am very happy with my Creativity, Activity and Service outcomes.

Experience 📔

March 4th, 2022

Transport of toiletries to the Polish-Ukrainian border

I organized the transportation of toiletries to the Polish-Ukrainian border. I was not able to transport it myself, however my parents drove to the border. There were 4 big boxes of toiletries and 3 additional bags.

Learning outcomes

March 2022

Activity 🧘🏼‍♀️

LO2, LO4

By doing the activity every week, I learned a lot of yoga poses and my cardio got better. I’m also motivated to do physical exercise more. It is very nice, as I could improve myself and now any physical activity is not a big challenge for me, but it’s rather a pleasure.

Creativity 🖌

LO1, LO2

I have mastered my new technique that I draw with. I also tried something new, which was salt dough. I really like drawing.

Service 📚

LO1, LO3, LO5

It is really nice to teach others how to debate. I can also see a great improvement in everybody’s debate skills. It is very nice to see that they can work by themselves.

Reflection - Service 📚

March 2022

The groups worked really well and managed accordingly. There can be a lot of progress seen. Overall, this month was very productive.

LO1, LO3, LO5

Reflection - Creativity 🖌

March 2022

I really liked my drawing this month.

LO1, LO2

Reflection - Activity 🧘🏼‍♀️

March 2022

This month was productive. I liked the walk and yoga.

LO2, LO4

Service 📚

Thursday, March 31st 2022

Today the groups had independent meetings. We are still available for consultations. Next week the debate will be held.

Creativity 🖌

Tuesday, March 29th 2022

Today I drew flowers.

Activity 🧘🏼‍♀️

Monday, March 28th 2022

Today I did 30 minutes of yoga.

Service 📚

Thursday, March 24th 2022

Today there was a meeting. There were some consultations needed.

Creativity 🖌

Tuesday, March 22nd 2022

Today I drew some fruits.

Activity 🧘🏼‍♀️

Monday, March 21st 2022

Today I did 30 minutes of yoga after school.

Service 📚

Thursday, March 17th 2022

Today the groups had meeting individually as well. We are still available to consult.

Creativity 🖌

Tuesday, March 15th 2022

Today I drew Shego.

Activity 🧘🏼‍♀️

Monday, March 14th 2022

Today I went on a 4km walk.

Service 📚

Thursday, March 10th 2022

Today the groups had meetings individually. We, as presidents, decided not to interfere with their preparations and give them space. However, we are available to consult them.

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