CAS Week Revisited

About 3 weeks ago, our school attended an event called CAS. You may or may not have heard about it, CAS stands for;
Creativity, Action and Service. As students progress through their secondary years and reach about Year 11, they will be required to do CAS, 50 hours for each.

Year groups under Year 11, teachers and staff aim to assist and guide students towards what is coming for them in the upcoming years.

Most of the time, CAS is done as camp; a week from where you leave all of your terrible daily habits; computers, television, telephone, etc.

Camping is a good way to 'promote' CAS, as there are certain skills needed for CAS; such as teamwork, respect, communication, leadership, risk-taking, sacrifice, etc.

During camp, classmates were challenged to do activities such as: Surfing, canyoning, hiking, building camp-fires, developing first-aid techniques, etc.

In these types of activities, you just can't work on your own. You have to use all available resource around you. Every pair of hands help.

At first, my attitude towards this trip was: Why do we have to do this again? We did this last year.. This year it's so much more expensive, and we don't have as much fun... Its unhygienic, etc.

But after I came back, I had brought back with my a whole new set of skills, new knowledge, and a whole new respect for my peers, and the people around me.