My most recent CAS experience was that I began exploring ways to improve my cooking ability. I think this one would not end like the other CAS experiences. There’s no measuring point of where I’d be complete, but I think there’d be stages to see my improvement. I think cooking is very fun, I cook almost every day so it is fun for me to do a little bit of extra research and exploring to improve my cooking whether that’s for someone else or myself. I’ve found interesting information like what to use to perfectly season a dish, or even more complicated, every cut of beef.
My first CAS was to improve my wrist shot in hockey. This involved creativity and activity. I was actively doing something and I had to create targets to simulate an accuracy meter. My goal was to get 8/10 at least. And I thought it went really well because I achieved my goal in the time period that I thought it would take. After a month, my wrist shot has improved drastically and I could hit 8/10 or more targets, of course, I could’ve made the targets even smaller and made it more challenging.
Another CAS experience was to attempt to “re-learn” front flips. I used to be able to do it as a kid but I haven’t done it in a long time. Ultimately, I paused the experience and moved on, probably because of my mind being less reckless nowadays as I grow up. I got to good progress where I can flip halfway in the air but I stop and not commit to the full flip to land on my foot. So I decided to take this one slowly and gradually try bits by bits and get it eventually.
There are other CAS experiences that I’ve done but haven’t blogged about. For example, helping the winter concert in the technology department. I’ve been doing this since I was in grade 6, I’ve learned a lot, but the job gets easier. It feels like I’ve moved on to the supervising role, which is cool. Seeing new kids come in and learn to use these huge machines that control the entire auditorium is interesting, it reminds me of when I started. Despite doing less, it still feels fun watching others operate.
