The following pages contain the individual information about the participation of YourName in the Youth

Exchange West of Ireland Leadership & Adventure

Tas! " responsibilit# of YourName$
As member of Team B I had to set up breakfast, wash up after dinner, clean the minibus, etc several
times during the week.
M individual task was to check that everone was in the bus before we left when we went on trips.
I felt it was a ver responsible !ob.
YourName developed the following competences during the Youth Exchange$
%ommunication in mother tongue
I had to take an active part in the leadership workshops that we had ever da which I found difficult
to do because I don"t reall like speaking in public. But it felt great overcoming that fear.
I also helped the #utch with their $nglish, speaking to them more slowl than normal.
%ommunication in foreign languages
I learnt a few #utch words, but I have forgotten them alread%
&athematical competence and basic competences in science and
technolog#
&othing reall ' mabe that I had to keep an ee on the little spending mone I brought with me in
case I spent it all at the start of the (amp.
'igital competence
)ne of the lads helped me set up an email account, and I started using facebook for the first time.
I learnt how to leave comments on *ouTube videos I liked.
I was able to share via Bluetooth some photos from m phone with other gus.
I had to set up the video pro!ection and laptop one night.
Learning to learn
I thought I was going to learn stuff about how to help and lead other people but most of what I learnt
at the workshops had to do with m own personal development and character.
I should have been e+plained better how to fill in the *outh,ass form at the start of the (amp.
I liked the wa the workshops on -ocial Media were ver interactive but there was not enough time to
discuss each topic. I would have liked to have time to think about the stuff and discuss it a bit more
the following da.
I think I can put into practice some of the things we learnt if I don"t forget them all after a while.
(ocial and civic competences
I learnt that it is possible to live and have fun with people from other cultures.
It was the first time that I had to share a room with someone who is not in m famil. That was weird
at first but it worked out )..
I heard that there are was to protect our privac on /acebook and other social media.
0e learnt about stepping out of m comfort 1one, and I did that when we went gorge walking because
I don"t like !umping from high places.
(ense of initiative and entrepreneurship
I suggested we get hoodies for the (amp, and I had to make it happen. $verone reall like the hoodies
I got made. I had to fi+ the dishwasher because nobod knew how to use it.
I organised games for the first evening but it didn"t work out ver well. ,erhaps I should have planned
the games better in advance.
I made a flagpole for the Irish flag with a fishing rod%% And I suggested we use hurling stick for the
boat because we had no oars%
%ultural awareness and expression
I had to sing a sill song with m team at the last night show.
I told a few !okes that I heard from one of the #utch because he didn"t know how to sa them in
$nglish properl.
)ther speci*c s!ills
I had not ridden a biccle since I was a wee kid so it was cool to ccle around Aran islands.
I don"t like swimming in rivers but I went in one of the das because it was fun.