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Aug

Jack's Surfing Experience Print E-mail

Hello my name is Jack, and today I was student leader along with Billie.

So far I am having a fantastic time at the SRC for student leadership; I have met forty four interesting and fantastic new kids, and 17 awesome staff.

My highlight so far of my time here at SRC was the day that we went surfing! I had never been surfing until then and am disappointed in myself for not having done so. I was falling off left, right and centre, but after every stack I would get that little bit better; and in the end I rode a wave all the way to shore 3 times, not to blow my own trumpet or anything but that is a pretty decent effort for a newbie. Sadly after a few hours, we had to head back to campus for lunch.

Jack's Surfing Experience

I have been building up on my fitness while I have been here and that is coming along well, I am also feeling more confident as an individual and am not as nervous as I used to be when it came to speaking to new people, or in front of a large group of people. It is strange sometimes when I think that I have only known these people around me for just over two weeks but still I feel incredibly close to all of them, closer in fact than some of the people that I have known for a number of months. I guess this is because I am sleeping, eating and learning under the same roof as them, and this is speeding up the process in which I am getting to know them all.

I love it here and am already able to tell how hard it is going to be to leave this place.

Jack - Mt Clear College

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School For Student Leadership

School for Student Leadership is a Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET) initiative offering a unique residential education experience for year nine students. The curriculum focuses on personal development and team learning projects sourced from students' home regions. There are four campuses in iconic locations across Victoria. The Alpine School Campus is located at Dinner Plain in the Victorian Alps. Snowy River Campus is near the mouth of the Snowy River at Marlo in east Gippsland. The third site is adjacent to Mount Noorat near Camperdown in Victoria’s Western District, and is called Gnurad-Gundidj. After consultation with the local aboriginal community, this name represents both the indigenous name of the local area and an interpretation of the statement "belonging to this place". Our fourth and newest campus, currently known as the Don Valley Campus is located at Don Valley, Yarra Ranges.
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