Creativity, Action, Service
Talk all about CAS. The joy of the IB.
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How's everyone doing on their CAS? What activiities does your school offer (especially for Service) For Service: my school has a Cambodia trip with this ngo called hope international. obviously you have to pay but i went last year and its defenitely a trip that changed my life. we stayed in a little town called pursat, between pnom penh and the famous ankor wat (cant spell) and we help build wells and schools. my whole sense perseption (tok word there) changed, and i see the world in a completely different view - however cliche that sounds. im glad that i did ib,a nd that cas exists. but i know a lot of people out there abo****ely despises cas. tell me your opinions wha…
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I'm going to CMUNC this year and I was wondering if anyone else in IB would be in attendance. so...anyone?
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CAS Planning/Organizing and CAS Journal Writing *In-Depth Information and Suggestions on Planning a CAS activity effectively and reflecting on the activity in your CAS journal after the activity has finished. CAS Project Organization What? Who? When/deadline date? Publicity Information Venue Materials Needed Other Details to be arranged? Teachers' Permission Transportation Permission Slips Money Envelopes Cash Box, etc. etc. General CAS Evaluation Form Student Name: Activity: Supervisor: NOTE: Write the following answers for each question in a short paragraph form What did you do at your activity? What were you hoping to accomplish by this activity? Were your expecta…
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The answer to this question comes down to one thing - who exactly is it that decides what counts for CAS?? Answer: your CAS Co-ordinator! Not the IBO, not people here, not other schools and other CAS Co-ordinators, not your friends or your teachers... the individual person in charge of CAS at your school. You'd be amazed how much this varies between schools - some schools are happy for you to write online blogs and play videogames, whereas other schools would laugh in your face if you suggested those things as CAS. Some of you may even be laughing now - but if you could get CAS for those things, wouldn't you? So, if you want to be really 100% sure that an a…
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I just realized that most schools don't follow the 150 hours quota that IB set up. My school has a requirement of 360hours and a 40 hour cap on an activity, so that's quite a lot. What's yours? And why do schools have differently set amount of CAS hours required?
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I think I'm going to have a hard time with Action since I'm not especially athletic. I was wondering how other people felt about this. Any insight would be nice.
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Do you like CAS? 1 2 3 4 5
by IB Prodigy- 89 replies
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Personally, I despise CAS . First and foremost, it's insane to require 150 (or, I've heard, even more than that for some schools!) hours of CAS activities on top of all the more serious/important aspects of IB, such as the extended essay, exams, or internal assessments. Also, I oppose CAS to some extent on a matter of principle... I got involved in IB because I wanted a good academic challenge, and these CAS activities have nothing to do with that. The one and only kind thing I have to say about CAS is the fact that it provided some good material to write college application essays.
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Do you write your CAS diary?! How should it be structured? And do you describe every activity you do?
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I thought I should create a thread about this since there seems to be a variety of things different schools allow students to do for CAS. Are there any things that you are NOT allowed to count as CAS in your school? Do you know something that another school has allowed or not allowed and etc? For instance, me and a group of friends needed creativity and thought of starting the yearbook for IB Alumni 08 but our CAS coordinator refused to accept it and said that 'we would do it anyway' which is not true and then he says that the IBO won't let it. However, I have heard that there is another school in Finland in which people can work on the yearbook for creativity which I th…
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Hi there, ;] There's a problem that bugs me all the time: action hours. Throughout the previous year this section was the one containing the smallest amount of hours (while creativity and service had more than enough). So, I'm asking for your help here. What kind of good and recognised activities are known to earn plenty of cas hours every month? Just brainstorm them randomly. ;]
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Well, for me, I'm all done with CAS. Just need to do a bit here and there to show the exalted IBO that I'm doing something. And if you don't know already, I'm May '08.
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I just would like to know if I can count things like photography trips etc towards CAS in addition to things like photo editing on the computer and practicing instruments. Thanks!
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hey.......please some one sugest me a gud activity to get minimum of 10 hrs of creativity
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Just out of curiosity i wanted to ask around how many hours you guys do per week on average?
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Hi! I was browsing through the forums and was inspired by @ouribjourney's post of creating a worldwide CAS project. I'm interested in doing something similar where I can make a website to hit the learner outcome of Engaging with issues of global importance to enhance gender equality. In the website, I'm aiming to incorporate news articles, statistics & photographs to show gender inequality & suggestions on overcoming it. To make it worldwide, I was hoping that people from different parts of the world can share their experiences regarding gender inequality and how they think it can be reduced where they live. I live in Tanzania (East Africa) where some …
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CAS completed? 1 2
by Valentyn- 35 replies
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By the time of the second semester start of my second year I have got: Creativity:65 Service:215 Action: 116 hours. CAn anyone beat me in this?
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Hello I was wondering if anyone would like doing an International CAS project. In other words two or more students from different IB schools create one big project that is carried out in different countries of the world. I reckon it would be an incredible and remarkable experience. Anyone interested??! Oh and I am from Saudi Arabia
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Question: How many CAS activities per C/A/S 1 2
by Guest LauraheartsLife- 34 replies
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So, the IB coordinator at our school has told us that we have to complete 3 activities for each section so we do nine in total. The question is; do the IBO actually ask for this or is it just him making it difficult ? Thanks in advance for any replies =D
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Martial Arts 1 2
by Broxtreme- 34 replies
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Hey, I am taking Kung Fu, and I was wondering if anyone else is doing any Martial Arts for their CAS hours?
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YOGA for cas 1 2
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Hey everyone!is it possible to do yoga for action or creativity?has anyone done it for cas? my friends and i have been trying to convince my teacher to allow us to do it.If you have any ideas that i can use to convince her,please feel free to share it with me! THANKS A LOT!
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Hi guys, I've seen a few worldwide CAS projects and they seemed super cool. I've wanted to participate in one myself for a while. Now, I don't have any specific ideas in mind, because I wanted everyone to have their own say in this since it is worldwide). I think we should all have a part in this and we should collaborate to find the right project! I did have a few vague suggestions from fellow IB-ers that I wanted to share: Show local injustices and make a strong political statement Something with Amnesty International values - women, kids, minority rights Show the country from which you come from's uniqueness Incorporate photography or videos to visually conn…
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The title is self-explanatory. Are you allowed to learn a language for creativity?
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Hi my name's Yena and I am looking for pen pals. Basically, you email people in IB in another country on a weekly basis and you get 26 Creativity hours for it (assuming you will start now and continue for 2 years, 15 min a week) It's a really easy way to get CAS hours! Please reply if interested!
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My friend wanted to tutor me Math and teach me piano so she could get service hours, but my CAS coordinator said we can't...He said the IBO won't allow it, and I've heard of other people doing it in other schools. I'm just wondering if anybody here has done this for service.
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In my school, the candidates of 2010, have been told that we are to follow an entirely different CAS system for our IB. Instead of having to complete 150 hours of Creativity, Action and Service of no more than 50 hours for one activity, we have to have enough activities (at least one long term) that have to cover all the criteras of CAS. This means that as long as you do a long term and it constitutes all the sides of CAS, it can be one activity only. For example, say you are part of the Student council. You "creatively" create posters to advertise a marathon fundraiser (Creativity), you organise the marathon (Service) and you take part in the marathon (Action), and tha…
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Conversation with my friend: Him: Would some kind of video game count as creative? Me:Look it up. I doubt it. Him: What seriously? That's dumb, video games can be really creative Me: Yes, the VIDEO game is creative, not you when you're playing it. Whoever made the game could have qualified for the hours, but not you. It's not that dumb Him: Lol seriously though, you can create many things in video games. Depending on the game. Some are just applications that you can use as your own sandbox. Help me settle this argument? Cause frankly I'm not sure anymore, but still leaning towards it not qualifying.
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If so, do you have to take social science to be in it? http://www.unausa.org/site/pp.asp?c=fvKRI8MPJpF&b=482843 http://www.eypej.org/
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Amount Of Hours 1 2
by ibkid- 23 replies
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LOL, curiious to how many hours you guys have for each (C, A, or S) Personally, I only have action hours sooo....gotta get myself movin
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Watching Movies for CAS 1 2
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The CAS supervisor at my school had blatantly said that anything can be counted as CAS as long as we can convince her. Our school also has a 30 hour limit meaning that only 30 hours of school related extracurricular activities can count for CAS this is for both years, and for all categories. What I want to do is to convince my CAS supervisor that watching movies in school does not fall under school related activities No we're not going to critique the movies, but I suppose that I could do that for journal entries I'm just looking for suggestions, and arguments that will convince my CAS supervisor to exempt this activity from those 30 hours. If it helps at all, I am also t…
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Failing CAS? 1 2
by nicxl- 22 replies
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Hello, I'd like to know, just out of curiosity - what happens if you fail to get enough CAS? I heard some time ago that if it happens, you get an extra year to complete CAS, and then you get the diploma. Are there any other consequences (besides getting the diploma later)?
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Hi, i juss wanna ask if u get creativity hours for taking driving lessons. Thank You
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Online CAS? 1 2
by Eternalx- 21 replies
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Well i don't know if anyone else tried this but our school is going for Online CAS training. We also get an online cas diary as well.
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I have posted a similar post, but it sank somewhere on this website, so I am posting another post. I BEAR GREAT NEWS! So I talked to my CAS supervisor about this idea I had, but with a little twist. It is very simple and you can do it easily and at the same time it would count as an international collaborative CAS project for you. So the idea is that each person or a group of IB students from different countries would make two short videos. The first you would shoot a video talking about a major problem in your country. Just grab your camera, find a nice background, and discuss the problem! You can also go out and take live pictures! For example, my country which is S…
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After reading around on this forum and several other websites, I've found that I believe that my school is too harsh about the criteria for CAS. Our adviser tells us that CAS cannot benefit ourselves in any way whatsoever, so it is basically all service, and you have to fit helping people into the creativity and action. Our sports, drama, and band/colorguard each get a maximum of 20 hours over the two years (for each one). For mine, I used community theater shows for creativity, tutoring elementary students for service, and basically...nothing for action. I did a charity walk via National Honor Society, but so far that's all I have. I know they redid the CAS requirements…
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Is it ok to finish the service hours with one or two things that i do continuously? Or would it be better to do diverse short-term services? I have lots of service hours already (Grade 11) and it will soon be over the expected amount but the problem is that I kinda feel worried that my service wasnt diverse enough because i only did 2 kinds In a way, it sounds better to stick to some things and do them continuously and in a way, it sounds better to venture diverse service activities what do u think is better?
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Okay, so I have tons of creative and service hours but I have zero action hours. I understand the point of service and creativity and I understand how they can be combined and stuff but what does action mean exactly? If I don't do sports what can I do? i.e. If I run a poetry program (which I do as creativity and service b/c it's free and i'm helping kids get better with their creative side) what can I add as action? Would action be me performing the poems? Bringing them to writing conventions? Just showing up to the meetings and talking and writing? So if anybody could please help me out by telling me what action means according to the baove activity and what it means i…
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You guyz...i know its MY fault...but im dying for hours...its INSANE,.....i need 47 hours of service and 38 action...its crazy:( im tunisian in oman,...there isnt much to do in here:S:S:S...and yeah..i admit it..i concentrated much more on my studies...like bio HL ...chem HL...etc..etc...and im struggling now....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany simple things u guyz did....tht u think is doable(sp?) globally? cuz seriously..if im failing my diploma..it would ONLY be cuz of CAS....!!!!everything else is perfect!thnk god aany ideas...would be more than grateful.. and oh..this is my IB2...:S:S
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How many CAS hours did you finish IB with?
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Like the topic says:P Someone in my school a few years ago graduated with a two thousand CAS hours and got 43 in the end, props to her, she got into an Ivy League with full scholarship I believe. Hats off to her, really. I'm still in my first 4 months of IB really, but I've actually finished my CAS hours already. Well not quite, because I can't write my reflections for my ECAs and get them approved until Year 12, so I won't count it as quite complete. But yeah, I hope I'm not the only creepy curious one here:)
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I am supposed to organise my own CAS project and I am looking for ideas. So, I just wanted to know what are you doing/did you do for your CAS project? Any information is helpful.
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Hiiiii IB'ers! I was wondering if there would be something, like an activity, that would help me in my later studies in medicine, and that would be counted as CAS. (When I say for my later studies, I mean something the university might appreciate)
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Title. Please help thanks!
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A friend of mine told me that I have to do sports for CAS..which I don't want to do considering I am not a great athlete. Since I'd be putting a lot of time into sports, it'd also take my time away to study. Is this true? If so, can I do some alternative? Thanks
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How many hours must you do for CAS in general ??
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Our CAS coordinator (and I think also the IBO) says that you should write down every single CAS activity you do on your CAS diary. Does somebody actually do that? In our cases, we mostly have too many hours (over hundred, especially those who play instruments) and therefore just don't write some down. It would take ages to keep track of them all (it would not be a diary, but a book) and we probably are too lazy to do that... Are there any other people doing the same thing like we do? Or is it not really allowed at all to not note down your CAS activities? I mean we are at least not falsifying them...
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My display name should indicate a hint to all... Please read the following. After my first year of IB, I have completed: Creativity: 600 hours Action: 350 hours Service: 500 hours Total: 1450 hours... I dare anyone to raise that number in the time period I have done my CAS in... Two words: Bring IT
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Hey everyone! I've had this thought cross my mind recently. Since cyber-bullying is becoming such a big problem around the world, I've thought about gathering students from different IB world schools and share, or post information about cyber-bullying. This could be counted as a CAS activity for you since you're raising awareness for something and helping people around the world. Would anyone be willing to initiate this with me? If you have more ideas/advice, feel free to post them, I'm open for any suggestions. Also, I'll be using blogger (blogspot.com) for this, so you (sadly) will have to have a google account, if you have another idea on what else we could use for th…
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So I've left CAS to the last minute. The due date for all evalutations and the essay etc is in 8 days. And I have 18 service hours to do. I talked to my coordinator..who didn't suggest anything realistic. I'm going to do some beach cleanups but that'll only get a few hours, won't even get me down to 10 probably. My supervisor for things like this will probably be my dad. Any other ideas? I just want easy things that I can do by myself, like beach cleanups.
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I just started IB and this whole CAS thing is such a bother for me since I am so lazy to do all of it so how do you become motivated to actually go out and earn those hours? I think I must have around 60 hours so far but there is so much more to go.
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Hi all, I'm starting IB this year, and was told in the spring of last year that I would have to do a CAS Project. The thing is, we were told we're not allowed to work with another organization. Are we expected to actually create our own charity from scratch? That's not a huge problem, I'm just kind of confused. Thanks!
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Hey, So, I need to find ways to get some more creativity. I have some for guitar playing, but it's just not enough. Sooo.. Anyone have any ideas for activities that aren't 'artsy' in the traditional sense (I don't like painting, drawing etc. It's just not me)? Something that might be offered as a weekend camp sort of thing would be great. I've looked at first aid courses, but I can't seem to find any offered near me. Anyone?
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