I am just copying my reflection because i want to say the same thing
I definitely know that I am not one of the best cadets in my unit. It really took a lot of courage for me to go for ATC. I could really feel my hands shaking when the CIs kept knocking us down. There was once during the camp, I was fidgeting because there was a insect on my neck , a Sir asked me if there was a insect I was very nervous and said no and then he scolded me. He said"the rest not sweating is it?" I said no. I was so nervous. A lot of things about camp was surprising. Of course I was delighted to have a squad mate with me. But my group mates were quite nice. They were pretty clueless during tent pitching. I felt a bit mean when I exchanged looks with Valerie during tent pitching because my group mates did not know what to d I heard Hestia saying "you be upright ok?" Then the other schools were like"what is that?" It was quite a pressurizing situation because the CIs from our school were watching and I knew that we have give our 101% of effort. During meal times and all it was quite ok because the boys wanted to cook(weird) and then they gave us (5 girls) food to eat then we just gave them the leftovers(3/4 of what they gave us)and they finished it in like 2 minutes. Also i am sort of an acquaintance with a boy from Maris Stella and ok with the girls. The activities were once in a lifetime experience which one can only experience there(especially kayaking) and i am glad i had that opportunity. When we all finally gathered as an unit at the end of ATC, I was so happy, i really cannot explain it through words, i could feel a wave of emotions flooding me, it made me prideful, happy, relieved and everything. I am glad I went for ATC, I realized that people are not really what they seem to be, it can in a good way or a bad way.Now i feel more accomplished as a NPCC cadet after going through the ‘actual’ NP. I remember the night before ATC, Rachel had sent an encouraging message to the squad, one phrase lingers in my head; “whatever you are going through,just remember all of us are going through the same thing” this really kept me going especially during morning PT. I have always thought that people from other school will be very bad and all but they were fine. After all learning to accept others differences is what makes one mature and I have through ATC.
Isha
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