mini-uwc夏令营感悟

mini uwc已经过去好多天了

一直想写点关于它的点点滴滴，我没想到短短的十多天，我却会如此舍不得它。我其实总是在想，uwc如果没有IB 就是天堂，我们被外面的人嘲笑理想主义，我们被外面的人嘲笑做事太过随心所欲，但是这些地方就是uwc特立独行且吸引人的地方。

mini-uwc可能就是我向往的：没有IB的true uwc生活。

我从来没有想过，10天的相处会真的让我想念一群人，在他们离开后的几天里还时不时想起一起度过的时光。很显然，大家也都是如此。在离开的几天后的discussion group仍然会有人分享自己的一天。这种短期夏令营的群，我有很多个，每一次都是很快时间内，或者就说是第二天之后，就销声匿迹，我也再也不会想起，不管是人还是事，萍水相逢之后注定是各走各的路从此不相交。但是mini uwc也许不会，至少我如果去欧洲，也许会想起Philippe。我遇见的这些人，都非常非常uwc。

There are tiny small memories that I think I'll never forget.

I won't forget how nervous I am, the first day picking up campers. And Chloris was there with me, we were joking around. And for some reason, she just made me super confident about what will come in the next a few days.

I missed Felicity's morning call so much that I literally panicked after she left since I had no clue if I woke up late and missed some important things. I also missed Philippe's weird sarcastic mood. I actually hate sarcasm before, mainly because I don't actually get it. But speaking with Philippe basically equals being sarcastic in every sentence. Confusing, but fun.

I missed my swimming squad. Even though I literally tried my best to drag them down the water, but apparently I'm the one who was dragged down to the bottom the most often. I missed how my squad was weirdly violent but fun at the same time.

I missed all my roommate staying up late, doing weird stuff including running into the elevator at 2 am in the night. I missed we folded trees everywhere making campers annoyed and confused at the same time.

yea, I also missed my campers a lot.

I'm like an anxious mom who is constantly worried about her kids' situation and hoping them to become better and better.

I still remembered how I got super anxious and nervous the night before the presentation that I basically rewrite their whole proposal and elevator pitch and almost yelled at them. But they were too good to be true. They were way beyond my imagination and I saw how capable and thoughtful those potential uwcers can be.

I'm so proud of them, and I always thought I'm literally the luckiest to have them. I'm not the person who guides them, They guided themselves and me. I became a better person with them.

With them, I'm more responsible, I'm way braver. I even talked about my childhood trauma. I'm so thankful, meeting these capable and caring campers who are more like friends to me, Ilsa, Josephine. They are kiddos that I'll never forget.

There are so many memories that keep on fascinating me.

Mini- uwc is definitely one of the best UWC experience. And even though I constantly complain about how busy and reasonable the schedule is. How my partner and I didn't have a good communication and etc. But without doubt, it makes me believe, what is a true UWC like.