Remon Mikhael in Gliwice, Poland

Deciding to go on a second exchange within the same year, that witnessed my first experience with AIESEC in Russia, was shocking to, even, me. The amount of knowledge, benefits, diversity and experience I have gained through the previous one was really encouraging to go on another.

I hit Poland this time, and my internship took place in a nice city called Gliwice with AIESEC Katowice UE. It was a perfect choice. Not only did I enjoy it to the fullest, but also I got new attributes and skills, that believe will be helpful later on in my life

Activating leadership, enjoying participation and acting sustainably are some of the core values of AIESEC and through my internship I had the opportunity to practice them all through actions.

                                         

My project involved teaching kindergarten kids, who are 2-4 years old, basic English with the help of games and music.

My goodness!! I have never imagined myself doing this before, and by this I mean dealing with very small and young kids, taking care of them and babysitting them, I would say angels.

It was hard indeed at the beginning to the level that I thought of quitting but eventually everything was changed as I fell in love with the kids and the place. The challenging part was in developing ways to facilitate communicating with them, bearing in mind the language barrier and some of them even could not say a word because of their age.

The kindergarten teachers believed in me so much and they have been asking me every day to teach them (the teachers) English, help them in grammatical issues and to present something new about my culture. The teaching part was not all of it however, the most exciting moments were when we were playing, dancing and singing.Those angels taught me tolerance, patience, smiling, and creativity.

Also I had a cross-task and it was about working in a primary school for a week. That week was the funniest ever for me in Poland. Me the pupils became friends in almost no time, I worked with a Georgian Intern. Using my very recent experience I got from being with kindergarten kids helped me a lot and I totally now believe that smiling and being cheerful are the ways to successfully build good relationships with others, no matter what your cultural background is or what language you speak.

We had so much fun doing AIESEC roll calls and dances: Tunak Tunak, Gangnam style, Moves like a jagger :D

AIESECers there are so nice, (Polish people in general are awesome) they asked me to help them in their recruitment campaign and Interviews:D. 

I had another experience and opportunity of getting closer to Polish students and Interns, asking and interviewing them. We also attended a global village and it was a perfect chance to clear up some stereotypes about Egypt.

Last of all, I believe I could have done better if I had been enough prepared, yet I am satisfied with what I have done and learnt a lot in general. Poland is a favorable place to my heart and I do not mind do it again.

One more thing that should be mentioned which is being an AIESECer gave me more confidence and doubled my responsibility in a way that I could bear some cultural issues or tiny problems that happened to show up during my stay.

I was able to represent myself, my LC, my country in a proper way.  #Courtesy of AIESEC C.U.

"Wait for my coming Exchange"