Pros
Getting to go to places such as Canterbury and Brighton on day trips, becoming friends with the Italian students and learning so much about their culture
Cons
Hardly any schedule (were told at mandatory 8pm briefing what we were doing at 9am the next morning regardless of if we had a day off so absolutely no notice), sometimes had to pay out of own pocket for train tickets but only be given money back later, 'on call' shifts where you have to be on site, 'office duty' shifts which you are making a plan for activities but that last 3 hours sometimes so most of the time you aren't really doing anything (alot is preparation/office work so don't expect to be leading activities too much), having to deal with difficult group leaders (which is to be expected but when one almost started a fight with a guy on the street and I also had to stop from trying to retrieve a hat from the train tracks- I was given no advice on how to further prevent incidents such as these and heard no consolation that she will be spoken to about it as it was accepted that she ' was just like that' so be prepared to take on ALOT of responsibilty if you get an ill-behaved group leader.