Retreat 2014 ((((:

Recently my leadership family and I went on a retreat for 3 days during school days. No technology was allowed so we turned in our phones on the way in the bus, I couldn't believe I went 3 days without social media ! omgomg. The retreat was suppose to be on fall break so that we wouldn't have any worries catching up on school work but it was taken. We weren't actually going to go but mr. Ing decided that we should so thank you Mr. Ing ! It was such a great experience. At retreat all we did was group reviews, strengths & weaknesses, quarter plannings, and we did breakouts. I believe the retreat was so prepare us for the year and for us to bond with each other. We had a good amount of free time to enjoy the stay so I really liked it. 

The highlights I had staying over there at the retreat was crab hunting with a few of my leadership family, playing cards (with people I thought I wouldn't be playing cards with so it made me feel really happy that they wanted to play with me)  the breakout sessions (I love those), the fill bucket letters (these were really helpful to help us get along with each other again, since we're sorta separated with one another), and the FOOD there was pretty good.  The lowlights I had at the retreat was probably staying on the beach too long to the point where I got wet and I didn't go snorkeling that long, but I still love the retreat. The changes that I believe should be applied is we should've been mixed up with periods to get along with each other when we did the year planning, another change would be the supplies we need to bring on the field trip because some of us overloaded their suitcases, another change should be that we should have our phones but a limitation to it like Mr. Ing collects it at the end of the day and we get it when we wake up and during study hall because my parents had concerns why my phone was taken and we would need it for emergencies from our family. In my opinion, I really loved the retreat, we got closer to each other and we did really fun stuff there. 

I learned that my group likes to procrastinate at it's finest LOL, but we always get the job done. Sometimes we use our creativity to block us from doing our work (hopefully that makes sense), and they have obstacles that needs to be accomplish to prevent them struggiling in the future. What I learned about the chaperones is that they're really helpful, caring, and is always there when we need them. Shayna, she likes to take charge and makes sure we're fine, she was like our protector there lol. Jolene, she's sooooo nice, and she's able to hold a conversation. Laila, I knew her already from another time but she's very sophisticated, she has really nice outfits LOL, & she helps you when you need help on something. What I learned about Mr. Ing is that he's able to make sure everything is ready, he makes sure we're fine, and he has trust in some of us or maybe all of us now, and he has repsonsibilies that he makes sure he's doing, and he likes to observe what we do.