Even for someone who makes a career out of working with teenagers the idea of walking 120km through the Aussie bush a week out from summer did not seem appealing. For four years at CCSC, I have put off doing the Year 9 trek- this year I knew it was my turn to get it done. Starting from Kariong at … [Read more...] about Walking in the bush with 22 teenagers for a week had an upside
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Character Building…
A renowned response in my family to the comment "but I don't want to!" is "Sometimes in life you have to do things you don't want to do; it's called character building". With that being said, I am not ashamed to admit that the Year 9 Great North Walk was a HUGE character building experience for me. … [Read more...] about Character Building…