C, A, S
Rural immersion was a school sponsored 6 day trip to the dang district of Gujarat wherein I experienced The life of people living in villages. Throughout the trip, I indulged in various experiences that cater to all 3 strand of CAS such as warli painting, bamboo vessel making, mud lipan, rifle shooting, trekking , and etc.
LO 1: Identify your own strengths and develop areas for personal growth
My strength was my creativity and passion towards art. I really enjoyed the warli painting as well as creating various things out of flowers, leaves, twigs I could find around myself.
LO 2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.
Some of the activities in the trip were my firsts. I could not bring myself to do things like mud lipan which involved touching cow dung with bare hands. But, I realised that it is important to step out of my comfort zone and get uncomfortable so that I could better experience the life of rural people. Through this, I developed self management skills. There were also tasks which involved communicating with villagers to understand their economic conditions and their lifestyle which helped me develop my communication and social skills.
LO 4: Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences.
For someone like me who is accustomed to the urban lifestyle, the rural immersion was quite a shock. There were times when I did not want to do some activities bcz they seemed gross to me or I was tired of them but instead of cribbing, I performed the activities throughout the 6 day trip and showed commitment.
LO5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively.
This learning outcome was showcased majorly in the warli painting. There was a huge wall assigned to us and we needed to paint on it. We divided ourselves in groups and started to paint the wall together. This gave opportunities for everyone’s creativity and painting skills to be shown and the painting was completed beautifully. Even during the activities that I did not want to perform, when I saw that my peers were doing it without any hesitance, it gave me motivation to do the activity myself. The benefit of this was that I was able to get out of my comfort zone by getting inspired by others.
LO6: Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance
Poverty and lack of education are 2 major global issues. The people in village are usually poor and satisfied with what little they earn. By using our communication and social skills, We interacted with the village people and understood their lifestyles. on one day, we visited a school in which children from surrounding villages came to study and served them food and played games with them to make them happy. Something like chocolates/ good food might be insignificant for us but for others, it means a lot.
