Learner+Profile

Since the day I started learning about the IB, I have always thought that being a risk-taker was my weakest attribute of the IB learner profile. I never imagined that working at the Anglo would help me develop this area. I can now say that although it is not my strongest attribute, I have grown A LOT in this sense.

For example, I was used to saying I did not like the outdoors. My idea of a perfect vacation was at a nice hotel, a comfortable bed and at a warm or hot place… well, how’s this for comfortable bed and warm temperature?



As I said, I could have never pictured myself doing this, but I did!!! I have to admit I was not always happy… The weather was definitely not on our side and we had to climb up to Nevado Santa Isabel with extremely cold weather. Here’s how I got there:



You might be able to tell I was about to cry!!! And I did!!! I posed for the picture and then fell into tears!!! I was freezing, I could not feel my fingers and thought I would lose one, I think I even asked for my mum… but I got down alright; the Doctor, and our very caring Anglo teachers encouraged me all the way down until we got back. It was truly a relief.

But not everything was suffering; I felt brave, courageous and faced a new situation such as this one with resolution and confidence (as the song says: with a little help from my friends!) In other words: I was a risk taker! And I had other rewarding moments as well. We climbed up to a sleeping volcano crater. Do you want to see?

And that’s how being a risk taker feels like!!!