REFLECTION

Group 2 - School life

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Aranya Choksi
Our topic was School Life and I was the proof - reader. We had to make a number of videos and reports
after our interaction with our peer group. I made the Padlet link through which we could all communicate,
the research report, coordination with all my group members and filmed interviews of myself, and my family.
I enjoyed the exchange of different ideas the most, as the exposure to diverse perspectives broadened my
understanding and enhanced my communication skills and adaptability.
Everyone was quite interested and excited in collaborating, however, I feel that we could have worked
better as a group if we had communicated more often as well as set stricter deadlines for ourselves. Other
than that we all had a fun and exuberant time.
I learnt about the languages spoken and learnt in their school, differences in festivals, and time schedules
and their family backgrounds. While we all study the traditional subjects such as mathematics, sciences, and
English, they learn Dutch while we learn Hindi and Marathi. Our time schedules are quite similar with school
till about 3pm and then sports and homework.
This experience gave us an opportunity for mutual learning, cultural exchange, and the development of
skills essential for global collaboration.
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Karia Thanawala
For the eumind exchange programme, we had been assigned the topic of
school life. We had to share information on our country and the education
system that has been followed across three different generations. I
interviewed my family regarding the same and also edited some of the videos
we shared. Throughout this programme we have worked as a team to finish
every task handed to us. I’ve had a memorable experience working with not
only my classmates but also our peers from the partner school. Working in a
team has taught me how to be responsible, corporate with other's timings and
work methods and also showed me everyone's skills and strengths. The video
calls and all the communication we have had with our partner school has been
such a unique experience for me. We were able to learn about their ways of
life and at the same time share ours. Although I wish we could have more
communication and interaction with our peers I’ve also thoroughly enjoyed
participating in this programme
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Shreshtha Singh
Our group topic was School Life. My job was the IT person for my group. My main task was to ask
questions to my mother, our peers in the Netherlands and myself about school life. I interviewed
my mother and myself and wrote a research report. In a Zoom meeting, my group asked
questions to our peer group. I asked a few questions on WhatsApp. It was intriguing to learn how
different things were for my parents and how their education system differs from ours. It was an
exciting experience to talk with people from a different country and learn new things about their
school life. We all had varying cultures and traditions. The exposure to many different
perspectives enhanced my knowledge and increased my communication skills. I also enriched my
teamwork skills. Everybody participated and contributed. It was fun to work together as a team
however we could have communicated better. Many aspects of our school life were different
from our peers. Our peer’s school offers subjects such as German and Drama, which are not there
in our school. We have Hindi and Marathi, which are not there in their school. Our peers have
tests every week, while we only have two tests and a final exam for each subject. This was a
learning experience and enhanced many skills.
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Miraya Sehgal
I am the group photographer, and one of my responsibilities was to take
the opening and Diwali videos, among other videos. Since the opening
video was taken in one of my peers' houses, I had to set everything up to
achieve the ideal lighting for the shot. I carried my tripod with me in hopes
of achieving the ideal angel. I eventually forwarded the videos to the
group's editor so that they might be compiled. Well, when on call with my
intercultural peers, I discovered how very different our daily schedules
are from one another and was amazed by the various approaches to
learning. Nevertheless, we managed to interact effectively and finished
the call together All things considered, our communication went smoothly ,
and we completed all of our assignments on schedule. Although there are
many disparities in our educational and school experiences, we have all
managed to find some common ground.
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Vihaan Dalal
We communicated via Zoom and WhatsApp and I helped by editing a few
of the videos and coming up with a few of the questions we asked them. I
learned a lot from EUMIND and especially got some light into different
cultures’ school life and way of living, fashion, speech etc. I also improved
my editing skills a lot on this project. In my opinion, the whole project went
very smoothly, and the communication between each other internally as
well as externally was prompt and efficient. I believe that although very
different culturally and linguistically, the common factor - humanity and
curiosity shone from both sides.
THANK YOU
By Group 2 - School Life