Community Involvement & Employability Skills

Helping people is a happy thing, especially when doing unpaid volunteer work. In this year, I did two different kinds of volunteer work, one was for Christmas to helped the class adorn classroom with other classmates, and the other was in my mother's company to print and collate documents. All the work seemed very simple, in fact, when I was doing work, I encounter a lot of trouble, let me crazy. However, I had not given up, it was necessary for me to refuel!
That was a very interesting and happy day.On Dec.18th, 10-D and 10-E, they destroyed our class layout of classrooms, a mess everywhere, so I was very angry. Finally we had no choice but to re-adorned the classroom. That day is a Thursday, we can left school at 16:15p.m. Because the New Year party of all GCA students, our class programs is “Snow White” that a large-scale drama, almost the entire class were involved in the performance. Many students had to attend rehearsals. At last, there were only a few students still stayed in the class, and I was one of them. Therefore we decided to re- adorn the classroom. Nevertheless, we must clean up the destruction of the classroom with other students. When we were trying very hard to clean the classroom, at same time, I also discovered that in the past classmates have not been properly cleaning the classroom. Finally cleaned up, we all a little tired, but the big problems came to us. How should we adorn the classroom? Teacher told us, “the previous class used cotton and rope stick on the ceiling and walls to adorn the classroom, there was a feeling like snow. And then blowed some balloons, it can give people a festive feeling.”Balloons!! We can use a balloon instead of cotton. Used the balloon to stick on the wall around the classroom.It could be very good. So we started to division of labor. Some people went out to buy a lot of balloons, some was out to buy double-sided tape and other tools, and the other students used original ribbon to adorn the ceiling. Begin to take action, no one was idle. The end of rehearsals, classmates all came back, at the same time balloons were bought back. 10-C all students blowed balloons! Everyone acted fast,but I am a timid person.I am most afraid of balloons. I think the balloon could be very dangerous explosion. Everyone in the happy balloon blowing, and I hid outside the classroom. Suddenly there is a balloon explosion, a loud noise. I am scared and quickly fled downstairs. After a while, I saw everyone run to the bathroom. Balloon faded colours,their mouth were colourful!So funny! It was late, it was already 18:00 o'clock, everybody gradually returned the home, the excitement of the classroom has become a quiet. Now, the job was to finish adorning work. One students collected balloons, made the same colour balloons together, two students made the same colour balloons stick together with double-sided tape, and the other one stood on the table and took the balloon stick to the wall. Another three students made ribbon was like "M. Christmas" and sticked at the back wall. Unconsciously on to 20:30, we did not have to eat dinner and have to go home. Fortunately the work is fully completed! Coincidence that the day is my birthday, a special birthday night!
In my mother company, the work was much easier but a little boring.I printed document and also needed to collect.I did this work a long time.Because it was too boring, I did work not very carefully, so I often made mistakes. Mom told me, “Doing everything need take a sense of responsibility, be patient, do not be so anxious,” I thought these words were very useful.I remembered that and efficiency of work got better.
In china, we have a saying, “Public collection of firewood high flame”It means more people can do work more and better.Don’t forget responsibility and patient are also very important.

Education & Career Planning

Learning is a hard process, so life of club can make students relaxed after hard learning. Actively participate in school club activities is good for students. I can learn the new knowledge and skill that I could not learn from the lesson. In the club, I could make more new friends. We study from each other, so I can progress very fast. Especially when I talked to grand11 and grand 12 students. They can tell me some important thing in my future study life. However at the very beginning,in my class,many classmates took part in many clubs, they were so excited of the club activities. However I thought that take part in club activities will only delay my study time, I did not want to join many club.So I just join only two clubs. One is the photography club and the other is TV series club.
I like photography club better. It is an interesting and free club. If I find in some beautiful things in the life, I can tale photos with a. So I like everywhere with a camera, to the joy of my life into the camera. The most important job is for GCA to take photos and providing schools with valuable information on the picture. Like celebration of Nanjing Foreign Language School, sports meeting, student union elections, social surveys, Halloween evening ... ... I always strive to take the best photos, the camera often will be used without power. I really wish that the camera can be full of power. Because I am just an amateur photography enthusiasts, the level of my photography is low. Often, there are good scenes, but when I take it with camera ,the photos are not good and have no feelings. I am impressed that our club leader invited a beautiful photography teacher with the help of Nanjing Foreign Language School’s principal. She thaught us some simple but practical photographic technique and knowledge. She told us to try to make full use of natural light when we take photos. Do not put the main characters on the middle of photos, it would make the photos looked very full. The time of taking photos is also very important. From 10a.m. to 4p.m. is the best time.These are I learned from the this club. At the same time, I hope the leader can always teach us new technique and knowledge.
TV series club is also a good club. In this club, we always watched many famous movies,such as Kong Fu Panda, Super Man,etc. The movies come from the club members. We need to talk about movie. TV series club have an activity once a week and each activity just an hour.It make me can not watch a full movie, I do not like that. If I have not seen this movie and I only watch a half of the movie, I would guess the outcome of random and even watch it online at night,then they make me will not think more of learning. Because of this, sometimes I will not participate in activities. Of course, this is a bad thing.
Taking part in club is good for us and do not give up a chance of interesting study! Next time,I want to join some new club!

Personal Health

Doing sport is helpful body health. This is a sentence that I often heard. Now I is a youth and my body is growing. In addition to bite and sup in everyday life, often doing sport is helpful body health. As we study very hard, there is no morning exercises, Physical Education class we also do not have more. Our the amount of exercise are greatly reduce,so we will easily become ill. Teachers care us and want us to have another 10 hours of physical activity time. I am a person who likes to stay home, do physical activity also at home, and sometimes to play badminton, and sometimes do sit-ups, sometimes running, sometimes doing aerobics. In fact, it is very difficult for me to do physical activity everyday.
I think the most difficult that is sit-ups for me, but I insisted that I do 35 sit-ups every day. Do sit-ups not only can enhance the flexibility of abdominal muscles, but also can protect the back and make a beautiful shape of body. I would like to lose weight, I will certainly do sit-ups! Every night I lied on the bed, knee flexion 90 degrees, feet flat on the bed and put my hands above my heads. I forced the body to rise 10-20 cm and then to slowly drop back to the body in situ. I just done more than ten , I feel my stomach acid and I can not up again and wanted to rest on the bed, however in order to my goal I could not give up. I insisted on doing 35 sit-ups and I was already tired to the point of wanting die.I was thinking about I could do it for a long time. No ah!! simple Playing badminton was more simple, but finished I also feel tired. I take the racket, saw the ball, force hit the ball. Success! Playing badminton is a systemic campaign of projects, also can adjust the amount of exercise, since you can play to play, very convenient. To lose weight is very useful and necessary. Next time I want to join the Badminton Club. Running was really tired, I ran laps on the tired. I only ran two days, each day twice, then I gave up. The most interesting activity was to do aerobics. Follow the coach to do on the VCD, simple and fitness. I did yoga occasionally. But every time I feel tired after I did yoga, it is necessary to pay attention to many details, the body should be straight, legs should be close together and so on. After I did yoga, my muscle got soreness.
I also learn yoga from Ms.Mitschrich every Thursday and practise it on Friday after dinner. When I do yoga, I feel breath hard and the blood circulation is getting hurry. It is very helpful for my body and get enough air and energy

Adhere to do physical activity every day really is not very easy. And do physical activity must suitable for myself, can not in order to the purpose to force myself to do. It will hurt myself. Ding physical activity must have perseverance. People can not do a few days and then give up . Persist in the end and can achieve victory. Because these physical activity, I think I got stronger and healthier.