On Friday, my English class had a mini retreat at school. Baby steps in getting to form this newfound "family". It went from 9-12, and it was just the perfect amount of time to get to know people.
I arrived around 10 because I still had class, and I was surprised to see some familiar faces. It was also exciting--I'm glad that they got the opportunity to partake in this. So although I missed the first hour, I was just in time for the remainder of an activity we were doing. It involved four corners, each with one poster either titled: Faith/ Religion, Ethnicity/ Race, Gender/ Sexuality, or Class/ Socio-economic. Our professor, Mr. Aronson, asked different types of questions in which we had to go to a corner where we felt our answer correlated with. It was interesting; getting to know some people under the surface. But what really helped us understand that there's more than meets the eye, was the fishbowl activity.
"What does she mean when she speaks of fishbowls?", you ask? Well, let me tell you. Our class formed two circles, one within another (as pictured on the left). When Mr. Aronson would ask a question, either the outsider/insider would have to speak whilst the other one had to listen without saying one word. Then after each question, either the outsider/insider would have to rotate to the left/right so we'd get a chance to speak to everyone. I enjoyed this! I got to know people on different levels. Although we may all me different, we still have commonalities.
Fish bowl was an effective ice breaker. Helped relieve some tension.
ReplyDeleteI agree fish bowl was very effective! I really enjoyed it..and like you say theres more than meets the eye. It was great to hear a bit of everyones experience. =)
ReplyDeleteI had just returned from an errand and got to "fishbowl" with you jennica! first and it was a cool activity. It was also the first time talking to you and after that i believe the tension was gone between us. ^_^
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