CAS Blog (10/3/21)

 CAS BLOG (10/3/21)

A - Action

Learning Outcome 4: Show commitment to and perseverance in a fieldwork experience.

During Odyssey week I had the opportunity to both try new things as well as revisit some of the things I've done in years past. This included the Asia Society Tour (I had experience from last year's J-Term), but primarily the Galveston field trip. The Galveston trip was a nice refresher, seeing as I did a similar outing in the Post Oak Middle school. And by "similar" I mean exactly identical, since we revised the same place and did all of the same activities. Said activities included taking the water's temperature, "seining" or catching wildlife to examine, and planting marsh grass. In my opinion, planting the marsh grass was the most difficult service project we had to do the entire week. To properly plant the marsh grass we had to wade into the mud-filled water filled with random holes on the ground that made it easy to stumble. Then we had to dig holes in the sticky mud and put the plant into a stable condition without it falling over. The sun was glaring hot and there were tons of insects and random bites from fish and other wildlife. It was very uncomfortable but we made a lot of progress and eventually, we finished. And that's what I'm proud of, persevering in a service project that was out of my comfort zone, to benefit the environment.

I guess one thing I learned was that no matter how hard it gets, you just got to push through and it will pay off in the end. By planting that marsh grass, it helped Galveston bay's environment in so many ways, and it felt good to learn more about and preserve nature on that trip. I definitely had a good time overall and can't wait for next year's Odyssey!          

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  1. UnknownOctober 14, 2021 at 7:23 PM

    I got it! Thank you and your CAS entry is very good! No changes needed. Just keep bogging.

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