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I have loved doing work in the CBD for the past few weeks. Before coming in I wasn't sure if I was going to like it, but it has been really fun. Working on "Trains and Stations" with Slavic has been good because I didn't know much about the topic before this, but after going on a few mini excursions and working every day I now have a vast knowledge of everything to do with Melbourne's trains. The thing I like the most about this program is going on excursions to places like The Eureka Tower, The Big Issue and Parliament House because we can see things that we wouldn't see at school in the classroom. This was because nearly everyday we were out going somewhere that taught us new things. For example, going to the Botanic Gardens taught me a lot. Not only did I learn about some of the people who founded Melbourne, and that one of the lakes used to be connected to the Yarra River, but I learnt about aboroginals and how they were treated because our guide was aboriginal, and he has first hand experience. He told us their rituals, sang us a song and told us about how he was taken away from his family. Another of my favourite excursions was to Parliament House. It was very exciting sitting in the Green Room hearing the poloticians going at each other over very small matters, watching the audience laugh and hearing the speaker yell "ORDER" over and over again. The only bad thing about the CBD was that it was only five weeks long, and I would've preferred to do it for the whole term. I am looking forward to doing this the same time next year at my new school :)