Schrödinger & Festivities
Here in HEI there are yearly elections for a Bureau des élèves (BDE) and also for an association sportive (AS). This week was the campaign week for both. Two contestants for each position went head to head. Their battle consisted of making their bureau more attractive for the students. From Tuesday on there were afterworks every single day. I do not think I have ever in my life gone to so many social events back to back. Including this Sunday I have a 5 in a row track record. It has been so much fun, but the fatigue levels have built up and I am happy to return to my routines.
On Thursday we had a day of Trophée sportive which was very fun, there were tournaments for lots of different sports which I unfortunately could not participate in for logistical reasons. There was still the possibility to play spikeball or ultimate or if lazy to just enjoy the lovely weather in the grass. In the afternoon there were two villages opened for each AS contestant. In those villages there were loads of different activities with bouncy castles, bubble football and consoles with FIFA. Each side had a DJ and gave away free food and goodies like personalised lighters, eco-cups, tote-bags, stickers, bottle openers and posters.
This week was a very important experience because I believe that it helped me to get closer to my own class but also to HEI as a whole. This being said I do not think I have opened a single school folder this week at home. I can cut myself some slack for one week about my schoolwork. The only thing I wish I did a little more would have been continuously writing down my thoughts about the week. This would have made the blog-writing process simpler and also would have helped me digest the overflow of information better.
One very interesting thing related to school itself is that in physics we did a little chapter about quantum physics. The chapter itself contains three formulas and is very basic, but the context given by our teacher is great. He explained thoroughly the history behind it and mostly the general concept. The idea that I took away is that everything is just a pure combination of probabilities.
Some outcomes are more probable but in the end there is no way to know for sure. Until the action is not finished there is a coexistence of both states. So for example with the thought experiment of Schrödinger's cat it is the idea that there is a cat in a box who is dead and alive. There is no way of knowing the actual state without opening the box. Once the box is opened there is the collapse of the wave function (the probability becomes a statistical value). Quantum physics is a fascinating subject but it is very complex.
Even with all the events I did go to all my 3 volleyball trainings and also to the final game of the season this Sunday. This game was streamed on my team's FaceBook page and it can be rewatched here (I am number 14). The game ended with a 3-1 win for us. It was a very emotional game because two of the players on the pitch were playing their last game for S.M.S Marquette. We were very happy to take the win and secure the 5th place in the division.
This week I was talking to my younger older sister (there are two older sisters, one here in Lille the other in Tallinn) when I realised how lucky I am to be able to rely so much on my family. I share pretty much everything with them and I do not see myself functioning without this openness.
I have personally struggled my fair share with perfectionism. In this video Matt D'Avella explains how he has managed to turn it into a strength. Perfectionism has become something to overcome, but Matt argues that it is often where our genius comes from.
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