A full year has passed since our official approval as a club and a lot has happened, so now I think it’s time to go in details on what’s the working component of Score, the force that drives our activity.
Learn
Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
- Leonardo da Vinci
We have all been there: try to learn something new (like a software, programming language, framework etc.) and end up just bashing your head to a wall because it’s just too complex or hard. Most of the time the only thing you can do is just give up and try again another day. Still there are universal drugs that keeps you trying again, looking for more solutions and sketching concepts: a purpose and friends. It’s nearly impossible to create with someone who lacks resolve and can’t be connected with, so our first and foremost mission in Score is to motivate people!
It’s not about what you are taught, it’s about what you learn. We wish for all members to have the experience of supporting peers while creating the best projects they can. Learning itself can be either enjoyable or a real drag depending on how you go off doing it. A healthy community of similarly minded individuals will not only enhance your learning rate but make the learning experience itself something you’ll cherish over the years.
Experience
A learning experience is one of those things that say, ‘You know that thing you just did? Don’t do that.’
- Douglas Adams
The real, hidden power of schools is the possibility to experiment and experience. You get to try out all sorts of projects and are fully allowed to fail or succeed with nothing to lose and everything to win. That said, you have the full power to choose fun over burn out while planning what to do. There are a lot of ways to ruin a perfectly good development experience and we have gone through quite a few already. Why not network with “seniors” and ask for some tutoring? You might end up avoiding a lot of trouble and get to know them better. It’s not about the destination, it’s about the process of reaching it.
Share
To teach is to touch the heart and impel it to action.
- Louis Sullivan
Ask any teacher what’s the best way to learn and they will tell you it’s to teach someone yourself. At this point of your journey you have already learned the basics and experienced the advanced, so now it’s time to share and truly master your art. At first you might think it’s about teaching people the components of a framework, logistics of project scheduling or new journalistic approaches, but soon you’ll notice that there’s something far more important: sparking their wish to learn to a full flame and after that it’s really just about pointing them to the right direction. By doing this you really get to know your fellow students and strengthen not only both of your skills as individuals, but also as a group. The master-apprentice bond is respectful by nature and works miracles when you get from just teaching to actual projects.
Community
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.
- John Dewey
Now we’re really getting to the (S)core: the community. While we have a lot of different members with different aims and priorities in life, some of us have chosen to really enjoy the moment rather than always aim for what happens after school hours. We believe that this upcoming season is going to be one of the most awesome years in our life if we make it so. Fun and enjoyment in life is not something you get after achieving things x, y and z, but rather something you can get right now just by tuning yourself to the right attitude. Why so serious?
Epilogue
I know that many will call this useless work.
- Leonardo da Vinci
So there are some of our core ideals. Does it surprise you that we actually focus more on bonding with people than planning something “more important”? It’s not once or twice that I have been criticised about suggesting things that don’t at first seem to lead to profit, such as helping junior students without them asking. Still I dare to say that my career is skyrocketing exponentially because I (and our fellow comrades) take the time to learn with other people. This ideology is unique to student organisations in schools as a medium of education and ours happen to be so successful that we have been invited to multiple schools to spread it.
The end is near so what now? I challenge you to reflect on your life and it’s goals. What do you really enjoy doing right now? Would you like to expand to some direction? If so, maybe, just maybe, you should give us a call. We’d certainly enjoy it.
Think about it.
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Teemu Haila / iNF
Founder / Board Member of Score
