On Tuesday, Jimmy had the class sit in a circle to discuss the Gauge event that everyone had gone to on Thursday. The discussion was interesting to hear other people's views on the event. Some had negative views and others had positive reviews. I found this interesting because I myself had found the event had inspired me towards my future and to hear that others had thought differently. For example, I had found Kali Nikitas's stories interesting and inspiring whereas another student had found that there wasn't really much to this event. From her experience, she had gone to other previous Gauge events where speakers had given their life story so it was all the same to her.
There was something later that one student had said to try and relate to the event that had Jimmy input his own words. The words were certainly something to think about. The student had found and stated that it seemed to her that most people in Los Angeles were always about "go, go, go." Meaning that most people would always be in a hurry for certain things and that the pressure is always there, like the pressure of getting a house. Jimmy objected by stating that most people weren't always like that especially since Los Angeles very large. He eventually pointed out that this need to always rush and the pressure or stress coming from our minds is all internal. That it could only be ourselves to make us feel this way. It made me think about all the things that I've been stressing about and wondered why I've put this load on myself. It was strange to have something pointed out to us that's right in front of us and yet not have realized it all this time. I feel like his words had changed the way I now think about things... For now at least.
The second part of class was very, very enjoyable. He gave us a game to play. Since we were already all seated in a circle, he pulled in another chair between two students and demonstrated how to play a game. The game starts off with one leader who has two objects. He or she can choose to call the object a name but lets just say for now that one object is called "Who" and the second object is called "What." So he or she would hand one object to his right or left, saying "This is a what." And the person being handed the object must ask, "This is a what?" And the leader must confirm by saying, "This is a what." Now, with the second object, he or she must turn to the opposite direction from which he or she had led with and now must hand the second object off by saying, "This is a who." If any one of us were to mess up, we were to start from the beginning.
When the game first started, we practiced with just one object first until we succeeded one round. Then we proceeded on practicing with two which proved to be greatly difficult. But all the while, there were much laughter amongst us as we tried to figure out ways of getting around the problems we were having. Eventually, Jimmy came in and informed us that we had been playing the game wrong. We had started the objects at the same end but by different people, despite them being near each other. The objects were to start initially from only one person. We continued to have problems so we changed our words from "who" and "what" to "he" and "she" but that proved to be just as confusing since the words were similar. We were finally successful when we used the words "dog" and "cat" and boy were we proud. When we had finished, we had brought our hands to the center of the circle and yelled our team number with enthusiasm. I can honestly say that I don't think I've ever laughed so much in class this quarter till we played this game.
Now, what were the possible purposes of this game?
During the game, Jimmy had also suggested that we listened carefully towards the person handing us the object. It was a simple suggestion but very much needed. In the game, we found ourselves relying more on the patterns of the words so that we wouldn't have to listen. Changing the words several times had helped us adapt to relying on listening rather than the usual repeated patterns. Listening carefully is certainly an skill asset that one would definitely need in the future especially towards their clients. One could also say that this game was also to help us communicate with each other. A lot of us who didn't normally speak aloud spoke to suggest things on making the game simpler for us to accomplish. And of course, I'm sure the game was also meant for us to have fun since there had been a great amount of laughter between the students in the group.
Adjectives:
Surreptitiously - done stealth like or in a secret way
ostensibly - pretend
impeccable - perfect
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