Nicole Billante said the conference was very much “student-led.” “The students from the host school organised all the activities on campus and led the groups for all off-campus outings. The students formed friendships very quickly and by day two were mixing easily with representatives from other schools. It was a joy to see.” What impressed her most was the boys’ visible personal growth. “Our boys gained a lot of insight into themselves by having to be pushed out of their comfort zones – and by the last night they shared reflections of the conference which clearly showed this. It was fantastic to see that by being in the midst of a completely different environment, being challenged by ideas and tasks, they also recognised they had the capacity to respond and grow.” The trip finished with a day in Hong Kong, where the boys were able to contrast the busy cosmopolitan lifestyle of that island state with the more planned city of Shenzhen – although one of their greatest shared recollections remains the quality of the dim sum!
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