We were assigned our capstone groups this morning. A capstone project is a project that is normally a long term project that has a focus and can be presented. For us that meant the topics were Gaddi Culture, the local sports camp, the Anganwadis, and the local agriculture and food industry, which is my group's project. There are many different ways we could present our project and we were encouraged to explore all of those options before choosing one. Many often choose a documentary style video, a photo-essay is also popular, and my group chose a website that will showcase a short video interview with the head of a local farm and then have many photos and articles about the local agriculture.
We had our first morning of service at the Anganwadis and it was a very difficult situation for many of us. We were told that we would be leading the kids and to have some things planned but none of us really took that to heart and we all thought that we would be aiding the actual teachers in whatever they had for the kids. However, when we showed up there were many pleasantries exchanged and then suddenly nothing was said and all of the children were looking to us, as if the were waiting for instructions. We quickly realized that we were, in fact, in charge and had had absolutely no guidance in what to do. So my group, Danielle, Antonios, and I, quickly came up with a few games from our childhood for us to take turns leading while the others came up with a plan for some learning time. We decided to make this day more fun and explorative as it was only day one. We found out that the kids loved history, however none of us knew anything about Indian history, geography, and math, well most of them liked math. We did a lot with geography that first day but later decided that math was a good route to focus on for the rest of the visits. It was definitely a growing moment for all of us in terms of leadership; they really do focus on the 'L' in G.L.A. (Global Leadership Adventures).
When we arrived back at home base for lunch it began to rain and it was clear that whatever afternoon plans there were, weren't going to happen due to said rain as well as the many many people feeling under the weather. It was better to have a restful day. There was a handful of us that spent the rest of the afternoon playing card games and even teaching some of the Indian mentors how to play games like spoons and Egyptian Rat Slap, while they taught us their much quicker way of shuffling cards and their special rules in UNO. We had a quick refresher course in Hindi after supper and are headed off to bed now.
We were assigned our capstone groups this morning. A capstone project is a project that is normally a long term project that has a focus and can be presented. For us that meant the topics were Gaddi Culture, the local sports camp, the Anganwadis, and the local agriculture and food industry, which is my group's project. There are many different ways we could present our project and we were encouraged to explore all of those options before choosing one. Many often choose a documentary style video, a photo-essay is also popular, and my group chose a website that will showcase a short video interview with the head of a local farm and then have many photos and articles about the local agriculture.
We had our first morning of service at the Anganwadis and it was a very difficult situation for many of us. We were told that we would be leading the kids and to have some things planned but none of us really took that to heart and we all thought that we would be aiding the actual teachers in whatever they had for the kids. However, when we showed up there were many pleasantries exchanged and then suddenly nothing was said and all of the children were looking to us, as if the were waiting for instructions. We quickly realized that we were, in fact, in charge and had had absolutely no guidance in what to do. So my group, Danielle, Antonios, and I, quickly came up with a few games from our childhood for us to take turns leading while the others came up with a plan for some learning time. We decided to make this day more fun and explorative as it was only day one. We found out that the kids loved history, however none of us knew anything about Indian history, geography, and math, well most of them liked math. We did a lot with geography that first day but later decided that math was a good route to focus on for the rest of the visits. It was definitely a growing moment for all of us in terms of leadership; they really do focus on the 'L' in G.L.A. (Global Leadership Adventures).
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