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Sep. 26th, 2011 08:03 ammornings with Alice range from the affectionate to the surreal.
This morning we were deciding what might make the diverse group of kids in her forum (an antibullying measure; small groups meet with a teacher three times a week - the groups are drawn from homerooms, so you are likely to have similar last names and NOTHING else in common) more unified. Music, sports teams, sports played, books read were all nixed as possibilities. We thought about something like the teambuilding exercises on the low ropes courses at Family Camp. I said, in passing, that what really brought people together was shared peril, especially shared and overcome. Alice says "raptors" and we spend the rest of our time deciding how many raptors we'd need to really create a strong sense of team. One smallish one per forum group (8 of Deinonychous) then you could increase the peril by increasing the size of the raptors and getting the groups to work together (6 or 8 Utahraptors) and finish off the school year with takedown of T. Rex.
This morning we were deciding what might make the diverse group of kids in her forum (an antibullying measure; small groups meet with a teacher three times a week - the groups are drawn from homerooms, so you are likely to have similar last names and NOTHING else in common) more unified. Music, sports teams, sports played, books read were all nixed as possibilities. We thought about something like the teambuilding exercises on the low ropes courses at Family Camp. I said, in passing, that what really brought people together was shared peril, especially shared and overcome. Alice says "raptors" and we spend the rest of our time deciding how many raptors we'd need to really create a strong sense of team. One smallish one per forum group (8 of Deinonychous) then you could increase the peril by increasing the size of the raptors and getting the groups to work together (6 or 8 Utahraptors) and finish off the school year with takedown of T. Rex.
