Every year, juniors organize a farewell for the seniors as they set off on a journey of a lifetime. At our school, it is a tradition to not only make farewells memorable but also meaningful and an event where everyone comes together: Teachers, juniors, seniors, and rest of the school community.It taught me things which I wasn’t expecting to learn and like it is said, every time you step out of your comfort zone, you surely learn things about yourself and others which  you didn’t even know existed.

LO1: Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth

Few of my strengths which I think helped me the most throughout the event were patience and the ability to let go and forgive. These strengths surely sound misplaced for the event but honestly speaking without these, I could have helped a lot in ruining the event. I recognized that one area that I could work on was to communicate clearly with my colleagues and motivate all of them.  During the event’s preparations, there were people who didn’t feel enthused enough to work for the farewell but I wouldn’t blame them as I consider it my duty to give everybody a reason to work.

L2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process

There were times when the ideas and work was jettisoned on which everybody had worked really hard, spent hours in fact. At such crucial times, I had to console the people involved and at the same time dig for solutions. The usual way out was to have good communication skills and somehow convince the school authority to accept the ideas by negotiating and coming to a consensus. I developed some great coaxing skills in this process.

LO5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively

As mentioned earlier, it wouldn’t have been possible to organize this event without teamwork. We all had to work collaboratively to complete our work as soon as possible. Even if our work for a certain department was over, we used to help the other departments if they need any. As it was a student-led event, we had to come up with the ideas and then we only had to execute them. The teachers were only supposed to judge the performances and let us know where we can make improvements. So working collaboratively was a must.