Friday, September 29, 2006

somebody doesn't like mao?


in my classes this week, we've been doing a bit of getting to know you stuff. more in fun as opposed to breaking the ice. we all know each other by now. so in this excercise you write 3 or 5 things down about yourself on a piece of paper, then you ball it up and throw it across the room. now i'm courting disaster here, but it's fun! you should see their faces when i ball up my piece of paper and throw it across the room. they are shocked. but they quite soon get into the swing of things.

after 30 seconds of a hailstorm of paper, i tell everyone to stop, and pick a ball up. then you read it to the class. you guess who the person is, than that person has to read.

number 3 of one kid's list was, i don't like mao. man, talk about courage--or stupidity. balls of paper were immediately thrown at him, and one kid glared at him very threateningly. i know i can't talk about politics, but i wanted to know why he didn't like mao. and for that matter, why they liked mao so much. either way, i'm just going to have to sit on my curiousity. maybe i can talk to him later.

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