At the beginning of this month, ETA Amanda Cahn joined her fellow teachers in a retreat to celebrate the approaching end of the semester. The teachers split up into cars and motorcycles and drove one hour out into the forest, until they reached the location where they spent the night. They cooked and ate dinner together, then brainstormed ways in which school facilities, programs, and teaching methods could be improved.

After the brainstorming session came the team building games. The first game involved passing balloons over heads and through legs. The second game involved lowering a nail into a bottle. After the games, there was a song performance, and then half of the teachers line danced, while the other teachers continued cooking traditional Indonesian foods to snack on. This event was a fun way for the teachers to bond while continuing to plan for the rest of the school year.

Amanda Cahn is currently teaching at SMA Don Bosco Padang, West Sumatra