If you think students spend all their spare time avoiding studying, going out with their mates and having a good time then you'd be right. Well our student bloggers do anyway. While they assure us they don't slack on the study, they've got a lot to answer for when it comes to enjoying themselves while volunteering.

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Friday Aug 20, 2010

Junior Sports Leadership Award - Learning about Team Building

I consider team building to be one of the most significant and vital  skills to be used in the outside world. Just think about it! The famous  entrepreneurs don't work by themselves! The best sport teams don't have  individuals doing what they want! Well, this only came to me when I  completed the JSLA course and I will be writing about the team building  skills I learnt throughout the course.

The first team building activity  was when I really came out of my comfort zone and was hilarious. The  entire group had to make up a fictitious story on the spot and say 30  minutes worth of it. When it was my turn, I felt nervous. I also felt  quite confident because loads of people went before me and were  entertaining. I thought for a couple seconds about what I could talk  about. Then I realised something which would make the audience laugh for  sure. The story went something like this:

Once upon a time in a town  centre, I was strolling around when I bumped into a 40-year-old person  with a bald-patch and I mocked him. The next day, I started school and  he was my science teacher. It turned out that he always gets bullied,  regardless of the school he goes to. So I thought, he has already  obtained way too much punishment and I ordered my school to stop  interrogating him. As I was the head boy, they stopped immediately and  he is still at the same school enjoying his life.

The second team  building activity was when we had to organise ourselves into month of  birth order without speaking. To start with everyone was just pointing  but then I realised that we can use our hands to say when our month of  births are. For example, 1 was January, 2 was February, 3 was March, 4  was April, 5 was May, 6 was June, 7 was July and so on. By doing this,  our group was first to organise ourselves into the right order. The third  team building activity was we got into pairs and we played a game,  similar to charades. The only difference was they couldn't see what you  were drawing.

They relied on your descriptive skills to guess what it  was. There was no cheating because we were back-to-back and the person  who was describing the object and the person listening to the  description both had to draw the object. After, they would show each  other and see if they got the same picture. People occasionally got the  same picture. In brief, this is how I learnt about team building and I  had to fun throughout the activities as well. What more could you ask  for?

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Wednesday Aug 04, 2010

Hello from Croydon

Hi, I'm Daniel and I have just finished my high school life at Shirley; awaiting my results this month. This September, I have chosen to go to Harris CTC; opting to study Mathematics, Business Studies, French and Food Technology as my A-Levels. I have lived in Croydon for my entire life which is a nice area to live in for me and you can find everything in Croydon.

My voluntary career has lasted about two months. Me becoming a volunteer came from searching for work and then seeing that money isn't everything; it's feeling like you've made a difference which is important

At first, I became a virtual volunteer for Lifetracks, helping produce the new website for teenagers, relating to employment, training and study. I then started volunteering for Debatewise where I edited debates and strengthened them where possible. This website has a broad range of subjects to talk about and you can also create your own debates. I have applied for other voluntary work which haven't contacted me yet. 

What really inspired me into volunteering is simple! Making a difference is more important than making money. Also, voluntary work strengthens the chance of getting a job because it shows employers that you're not just working for the money. Not mentioning that it looks great on your CV. In addition, voluntary work provides key skills which are important in any workplace.

Well, that's a brief introduction of me and I hope to create many other blogs similar to this one in length.

Daniel

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