Cedric participated in several activities during his grade 9 week without walls program, including rock climbing, teaching Chinese students, camping, caving, and biking. He reflected that rock climbing helped him overcome his fear of heights by persevering to the top. When teaching, he learned it can be challenging if students aren't listening. For camping, working together as a group allowed them to quickly build shelter.

1. Grade 9Week Without WallsBy Cedric Heidt

2. Rock-climbing

3. Reflection on climbingRock-climbing activity was a good experience because usually I’m really scared of heights but this time I just kept going to the top even though this took some time.I learned not to give up because if something is hard it doesn’t mean you can’t make it.

4. Teaching

5. Reflection on teachingTeaching in a Chinese school was more challenging then I thought because in each class we taught there were several trouble makers that didn’t listen or started provoking the people that were trying to teach them. I learned that how challenging it can be to teach if the students aren’t listening.

6. Camping

7. Reflection on campingThe camping activity was fun. We built our own shelter and we worked together to finish quick.I learned that if you work good together as a group you can finish work a lot faster.

8. Caving

9. Pan Family Home

10. Reflection on Pan Family HomeThe pan family home is a housing complex that is pretty old but is still in good shape. We went through the house and did several small activities.

11. Biking

12. Reflection on BikingBiking was a fun activity because we got to see the landscape and we had movement.