Friday, February 5, 2010
Up Chuck!!
During the activity today let us know what was going on with your thoughts in regards to the way things where going, the way our classmates where listening to each other, your frustration level, and any other thoughts that will help us to learn about each other individually and as a group.
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im commenting now or else ill forget to later. when we played last week people were frustrated and getting annoyed with trying to accomplish a "simple" task. i know i was frustrated with others and myself when i was having trouble throwing the ball in a conveinant spot for the person next to me. it was easier to understand the difficulty when you begin to do both tasks at once.
ReplyDeletebeth delany
I think this activity is really good for us to do. I wasn't getting frustrated until our talk. I think we needed to try something different but we didn't need to attack people or put blame others. i think when we try to stop making judgements we'll succeed.
ReplyDeleteKristin S.
I found it difficult to do both tasks at once. I felt bad when I was the one who missed, and felt frustrated when we had to keep starting over. I feel that I need to throw properly to the person next to me. Many times, I would end up throwing the ball backwards. Although we are having difficulty in accomplishing this task, I don't want to give up on it. If we were able to do much harder team building activities in the past, this shouldn't be impossible. We all must learn to be patient with one another, and instead of showing frustration we should contribute more to find an effective solution.
ReplyDeleteAmee D.
I didn't really get frustrated at all with this activity. I figured that, in time, we'd get it. But I guess some people just got impatient. I thinki our main problem was that some people weren't throwing the balls too well, and others were struggling to catch them.
ReplyDeleteConnor S.
Personally I didn't get that frustrated. It would have been good to accomplish it but I guess I didn't take it as seriously as some other people did. I should have paid more attention than I did but no one really put in any suggestions so we were doing the same thing over and over again which got boring. I think we should have tried to do some different methods to reach our goal. Lastly, I don't think we listen to each other as well as we could so that is definitely something we could work on as a class.
ReplyDeleteAmanda Serafin
I wasn't at school today, but I'm guessing we did that .. throwing ball to the next person activity. Mm, I was really frustrated when like, the person next to me would throw it not even close to me. That's when I would like, run to the ball and miss and feel like a loser. :sigh:
ReplyDeleteSo I wasn't really frustrated during the activity; sure I thought it was funny that my four year old cousin can catch better than our class, but I was never truely upset at any of the people. I was, however, very upset when we were having our discussion. It was very unproductive to sit around talking about how we need to keep practicing. I think from now on we need to be more proactive rather than thinking about stratedgies for maybe being proactive.
ReplyDeleteZoi
i was not frustrated at all untill we started talking and people i dont think were really listining to eachother, i know we will get it in time
ReplyDeletecadee
I wasn't that frustrated either, and watching it was actually kind of cool:). But I do think we could have accomplished more today. I felt that the way we did it the last time(with the 2 lines) was working a little better, and even if it wasn't, it was more fun to try new ways than do the same thing over and over again.
ReplyDeleteMoeko K
I'll admit, it got a bit frustrating when the ball wouldn't make it around the circle. But in our class, not succeeding on the first try is nothing unusual, and I was fine with that. I understand that people will make mistakes. What made me downright mad was when we sat down to talk and somebody started accusing us of blaming each other, not cooperating, and speaking for each other. We had been effectively thinking of new ideas and analyzing what wasn't working. If, after our strategy session, we had tried again, we would have eventually gotten it. But sitting there while that somebody tried to set us against each other was nauseating. Somebody managed to make the whole ordeal into an antagonistic, overblown mess, when it really shouldn't have been.
ReplyDeleteI think I was more bored than frustrated. If we all just tried really hard to concentrate on the task at hand and make sure we take our time throwing and catching the ball, we could definitely get it done. I think that we came up with some good ideas while we were talking and that we should go ahead and give them a shot!!!
ReplyDelete-megan
This activity was boring so I guess thats why it seemed like everyone was fustrated. I wasnt at all and just went with the flow. I think people need to listen to others ideas and instead of everyone saying things that we need to differently, we should just try things. Were never going to finish something if all we do is sit and talk.
ReplyDeleteI thought the activity was pretty fun, even though it takes a while to complete. Like Elif said, no matter what our strategy is, someone is bound to mess it up. It's not always the throwers fault, sometimes people just mess up while catching. I think the new line idea was a good one. It's time to change things up so people don't get too bored with it.
ReplyDelete-Julie Watson
i think that when half the circle sat down waiting for the ball to come it made the other half of the circle feel like they couldn't get it that far and it was frustrating to them because they were doing all the work.i think we can accomplish the activity and just need to refocus. i think we should continue with the line idea because it was working pretty well when we finished with class.
ReplyDeleteMarion G.
I didn't get really frustrated, I just think if we really work as a class and try new ideas out we can accomplish this activity!
ReplyDelete-Cassie L.
I was beginning to get frustrated when we werent able to focus on something and get anything done. If we can stay focused and keep our minds open to new ideas then we can finish this for sure.
ReplyDeleteJanette
the activity we did was for sure one that tested our patience. even though that seems like an easy task, i think it's the most challenging. ones that we've done in the past havnt been as testing when it comes to patience. keep open minds, and be respectful. and judging is bad if you are not walkin in the other person's shoes.
ReplyDeleteerin blanchette
i my opinion i think that one little group in our class always give there opinions and dont let other people say what they want to say. I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT NEVER GIVE THERE OPINIONS! and i feel like thats not fair for others like me and another student were trying to make a point that, that always happens and a lot of people dont give there opinion beacuse they alreays know the people that give there opinion. And they know that no one is going to listen to them i bearly give my opinion beacuse i know they wont listen to me and finaly friday i give my opinion, and they dont like what i think im not saying that it is always going to be a good idea but i think we should let everyone say what they think and atleast give it a try so i think that the tacher should try that and that nobody should give a bad comment about what other think and just try it!
ReplyDeletevanessa ayala
i know i miss spelled word but i know you get it...lol
ReplyDeletevanessa
well i think practice will make perfect eventually, we just have to stay positive. :) It was nice that we all sat down together and talked in a mature matter about how we can get through this. the new idea with the two lines sounds interesting, and i hope it works!
ReplyDelete-Katrina
I was extremely frustrated because we start with the same people and then someone drops the ball along the line and then the people who started get frustrated because we have to start all over again while having to hear others in the class complain that we can't throw a ball and catch it. I think that's extremely rude and when i attempted to explain that, some people in the class took it the wrong way and got offended and thought i was "attacking" them. I mean come on.....It's okay to be rude and make some people feel bad for not being able to "throw and catch a ball", but it's not okay for me to try to explain the situation in a way everyone would understand? I really don't appreciate how i was singled out for being the one to turn everyone against eachother....a.k.a. the "somebody" who said everyone was blaming eachother. Honestly, if someone has a personal problem with me, they need to come talk to me instead of putting it on a gym blog. If we can't be mature and get along and work together, how will we get anything accomplished?
ReplyDelete-Tiffani P
One more thing....and please no one take offense to this....It's kind of frustrating when the same people are starting over and you look over and you see the other half of the class sitting and then complaining that we can't get it done. I think that people shouldn't judge until they try it and maybe that would change their opinion.
ReplyDelete-Tiffani p
I was at state for this day so i do not know what upchuck is, however i will answer this blog anyway! I hope we will not all get easily frustrated with each other while learning how to climb.
ReplyDeleteSarah J
Actually sarah j..you weren't at state..cause i was there. I definitely think my 3rd period gym class could've down upchuck because we just work better as a class and communicate more.
ReplyDeleteJenn Mugnaini
I think this game is more about communication and responsibility as two different concepts. We must communicate as a class so we know when to throw the ball together, but then again we must also know that it is our responsibility to throw it high enough for the next person to cathch it and for us to catch our next ball. Please seemed to be confused during the split second the ball is thrown out of their hands.
ReplyDeleteAnna Oh
I was getting really frustrated during this game, especially when you were just standing there waiting for the ball to come to you and it would never get to you becuase the people kept dropping it. But i think the game had a lot to do with communication and once we started talking and helping eachother out we did a lot better. It was a good way to help with learning to not be frustrated with other people when they arent doing exactly what you want.
ReplyDeleteEllie G