Quote of the Day: “It’s kinda fun to do the impossible” – Walt Disney
Last nights evening class:
Last night’s evening class was run by group 1A. In the lesson, we played quite a few games, the first of which was the human knot. Everyone in the group (everyone was split into a group depending on their roll number – odds and evens) has to grab 2 other peoples’ hands, and you all form a knot. The aim of the game is to untie yourselves from the knot to form a circle (or multiple circles) faster than the other team. Our team (the odds) won that game, separating into 2 circles. It was quite difficult to get some of the knots untied, however, we did it faster than the other team.
The second game we played was “Honey, I love you”. In this game, the person in the middle of the circle has to go up to someone else, and say “Honey, I love you, please give me a smile” doing whatever they can to make that person laugh. If the person laughs, or even smiles, then they have to go in the middle, and try to make another person smile. It was very amusing seeing some of the things people did to try to make others smile. I had a great laugh in this game, however I did manage to compose myself when someone tried to make me laugh \(^-^)/
Then we played “Wink Murderer”. There were 2 detectives, and 2 murders in a massive group of people around the room. To murder someone, the murderers have to wink at the person, and they will have to die a dramatic death after 3 seconds. The job of the detective is to figure out who the murderers are. I was one of the first detectives in that game, and to start off I figured out who one of the murderers was quickly, mainly because one of the people was walking up towards him with his eyes closed. However, I waited for a bit and sure enough, I saw him winking at someone else – and that person later dying – so I called him out. In our second round of the game, almost everyone died before the 2 murderers were caught, and it was funny seeing everyone walking around the ‘dead’ bodies.
The fourth and final game was “The Priest of the Parish”. Here we had to form 7 rows and whichever row we were in was our group, and our group number. If we were chosen, everyone in the row had to stand up at the same time, and respond to a comment the teacher said in unison. In our final response, we would have to put the blame on another team, but if anyone said anything different to the others, or it wasn’t in unison, then the whole team would go to the back, and the other teams would move up. The team I was in got the hang of it fairly quickly. We were sent to the back a couple of times, but we were definitely not the worst team XD
It was a very fun class, and I think I got to know a few people better because of the games.
Morning class:
Today, we had Leadership day, and for morning class, we had Beau Vernon – a former AFL player – come in and speak to us. Unfortunately, in 2012 he had a terrible accident whilst he was playing, so now he is a C5-6 quadriplegic. In his speech he talked about who he was growing up, and what he believed defined him then, as well as talking about how our thoughts and attitude can affect the outcome to certain situations. His main message was about how we can control our outlook on a situation, and if we have a positive mindset towards a that situation can cause a positive outcome and vice versa.
After morning tea, Beau got us to play a little 'game' to give us a sense of how difficult small tasks can be for a paraplegic. So we were told to split up into groups of 8, and the group was given 10 individually wrapped chocolates. The task was to open and eat the chocolate without using our hands - only the back. It was a little difficult to do, but apparently I found it easier than others (probably since I did weird things like that as a child) and got to eat 2 chocolates (^-^). My team was also the first to finish, so that was also cool.
When that activity was finished, he and his wife (who is a psychologist) – ran a little workshop getting us to differentiate our thoughts versus our feelings, and how our thoughts can affect the way we view a situation.
They showed us a flow map, showing that a situation doesn't affect the outcome, it is how we portray our thoughts that determine whether the outcome of a situation is positive or negative. This gave me a real insight on how to be effective with my thinking, so even if I have negative thoughts at first, I shall do my best to think of the positives, so I can have a more productive outcome.
For afternoon class, we had the rest of our Leadership day. Students were split up into different groups named after a great leader, and I was part of the "Obamas".
The first activity I had was talking about different leadership styles. The three main ones we talked about were:
- Relaxed - Democratic and - Autocratic
Relaxed leading is what most teachers here at Snowy try to do. To get the team to figure out solutions on their own, and just delegate tasks, being more of an observer rather than a team player.
Democratic leading is when the leader spreads out tasks evenly, and makes sure everyone has their voice (opinion) heard.
Autocratic is thought of as a more harsh type of leadership - associated with dictators. It is when the leader takes charge of everything and tells people what to do.
In this lesson they showed us how none of these styles are wrong or right, and that depending on different situations, each leadership style may be needed.
Then our group went to do an activity showing us that we didn't need to aspire to be a leader by who they are, but rather a trait we liked in them. For example, some people might aspire to be like Adolf Hitler, not because he managed to cause WW2, but rather for his ability to public speak, and motivate so many people towards one goal. We then got given a diagram of a table with 11 empty spots, and we had to choose who we would invite to a dinner party. Some of the people I chose were Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Jennifer Lawrence and my parents. Most of the other ones were family members too but I have more to write so I thought I'd just name a few (^-^).
Our last activity was more of a teamwork activity. There were 3 circles in a line, one had a bottle of 'toxic waste' (it looked like cranberry juice, or water with red food dye), the middle on had a bucket, and the last one was a 'safe zone'. The objective of the game was to get the bucket and 'toxic waste' to the safe zone, and get the toxic waste into the bucket without going inside any of the circles. We had a short time to plan - but our team didn't use it too well - and an assortment of seemingly useless materials like thin rope, rubber bands, paper clips, and bread clips. Although we successfully managed to get the bucket in the safe zone with the bottle of 'toxic waste' inside of it, we went a little overtime, and could have worked better as a team.
Selfie Sunday:
This week I had been Student Leader, with Jack, and successfully completed the 3 day expedition. This I am fairly proud of, because even though I missed a bit of the preparation process going into Orbost, I managed to stay organised, and motivated to complete the hike along the beach.
Last nights evening class:
Last night’s evening class was run by group 1A. In the lesson, we played quite a few games, the first of which was the human knot. Everyone in the group (everyone was split into a group depending on their roll number – odds and evens) has to grab 2 other peoples’ hands, and you all form a knot. The aim of the game is to untie yourselves from the knot to form a circle (or multiple circles) faster than the other team. Our team (the odds) won that game, separating into 2 circles. It was quite difficult to get some of the knots untied, however, we did it faster than the other team.
The second game we played was “Honey, I love you”. In this game, the person in the middle of the circle has to go up to someone else, and say “Honey, I love you, please give me a smile” doing whatever they can to make that person laugh. If the person laughs, or even smiles, then they have to go in the middle, and try to make another person smile. It was very amusing seeing some of the things people did to try to make others smile. I had a great laugh in this game, however I did manage to compose myself when someone tried to make me laugh \(^-^)/
Then we played “Wink Murderer”. There were 2 detectives, and 2 murders in a massive group of people around the room. To murder someone, the murderers have to wink at the person, and they will have to die a dramatic death after 3 seconds. The job of the detective is to figure out who the murderers are. I was one of the first detectives in that game, and to start off I figured out who one of the murderers was quickly, mainly because one of the people was walking up towards him with his eyes closed. However, I waited for a bit and sure enough, I saw him winking at someone else – and that person later dying – so I called him out. In our second round of the game, almost everyone died before the 2 murderers were caught, and it was funny seeing everyone walking around the ‘dead’ bodies.
The fourth and final game was “The Priest of the Parish”. Here we had to form 7 rows and whichever row we were in was our group, and our group number. If we were chosen, everyone in the row had to stand up at the same time, and respond to a comment the teacher said in unison. In our final response, we would have to put the blame on another team, but if anyone said anything different to the others, or it wasn’t in unison, then the whole team would go to the back, and the other teams would move up. The team I was in got the hang of it fairly quickly. We were sent to the back a couple of times, but we were definitely not the worst team XD
It was a very fun class, and I think I got to know a few people better because of the games.
Morning class:
Today, we had Leadership day, and for morning class, we had Beau Vernon – a former AFL player – come in and speak to us. Unfortunately, in 2012 he had a terrible accident whilst he was playing, so now he is a C5-6 quadriplegic. In his speech he talked about who he was growing up, and what he believed defined him then, as well as talking about how our thoughts and attitude can affect the outcome to certain situations. His main message was about how we can control our outlook on a situation, and if we have a positive mindset towards a that situation can cause a positive outcome and vice versa.
After morning tea, Beau got us to play a little 'game' to give us a sense of how difficult small tasks can be for a paraplegic. So we were told to split up into groups of 8, and the group was given 10 individually wrapped chocolates. The task was to open and eat the chocolate without using our hands - only the back. It was a little difficult to do, but apparently I found it easier than others (probably since I did weird things like that as a child) and got to eat 2 chocolates (^-^). My team was also the first to finish, so that was also cool.
When that activity was finished, he and his wife (who is a psychologist) – ran a little workshop getting us to differentiate our thoughts versus our feelings, and how our thoughts can affect the way we view a situation.
They showed us a flow map, showing that a situation doesn't affect the outcome, it is how we portray our thoughts that determine whether the outcome of a situation is positive or negative. This gave me a real insight on how to be effective with my thinking, so even if I have negative thoughts at first, I shall do my best to think of the positives, so I can have a more productive outcome.
For afternoon class, we had the rest of our Leadership day. Students were split up into different groups named after a great leader, and I was part of the "Obamas".
The first activity I had was talking about different leadership styles. The three main ones we talked about were:
- Relaxed - Democratic and - Autocratic
Relaxed leading is what most teachers here at Snowy try to do. To get the team to figure out solutions on their own, and just delegate tasks, being more of an observer rather than a team player.
Democratic leading is when the leader spreads out tasks evenly, and makes sure everyone has their voice (opinion) heard.
Autocratic is thought of as a more harsh type of leadership - associated with dictators. It is when the leader takes charge of everything and tells people what to do.
In this lesson they showed us how none of these styles are wrong or right, and that depending on different situations, each leadership style may be needed.
Then our group went to do an activity showing us that we didn't need to aspire to be a leader by who they are, but rather a trait we liked in them. For example, some people might aspire to be like Adolf Hitler, not because he managed to cause WW2, but rather for his ability to public speak, and motivate so many people towards one goal. We then got given a diagram of a table with 11 empty spots, and we had to choose who we would invite to a dinner party. Some of the people I chose were Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Jennifer Lawrence and my parents. Most of the other ones were family members too but I have more to write so I thought I'd just name a few (^-^).
Our last activity was more of a teamwork activity. There were 3 circles in a line, one had a bottle of 'toxic waste' (it looked like cranberry juice, or water with red food dye), the middle on had a bucket, and the last one was a 'safe zone'. The objective of the game was to get the bucket and 'toxic waste' to the safe zone, and get the toxic waste into the bucket without going inside any of the circles. We had a short time to plan - but our team didn't use it too well - and an assortment of seemingly useless materials like thin rope, rubber bands, paper clips, and bread clips. Although we successfully managed to get the bucket in the safe zone with the bottle of 'toxic waste' inside of it, we went a little overtime, and could have worked better as a team.
Selfie Sunday:
This week I had been Student Leader, with Jack, and successfully completed the 3 day expedition. This I am fairly proud of, because even though I missed a bit of the preparation process going into Orbost, I managed to stay organised, and motivated to complete the hike along the beach.
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