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| Part of the class at the Breakfast Retreat .. Thank you Fernando letting me steal this picture (x |
On Friday (yesterday), Mr. Aronson and Ms. Abuan our Bayan counselor set up a breakfast retreat for the class. There were many purposes for this get-together, one mainly being .. to allow the members in the class to get to break the ice and to get to know one another.
I was surprised that so many of us showed up, only because it was the first get together and I didn't think as many people would have shown up. Not only did a lot of the new Bayan members showed up but so did a lot of the members from last semester. And it was nice having everyone who was/is a part of Bayan there. During the retreat we ate breakfast, went over the big plans for this semester and participated in a few, I would call them, "getting to know each other" activities.
One of the activites that I felt was most interesting was the "fishbowl" activity. That is where partners are seated face to face in two circles, one partner is on the inside of the circle and the other is on the outside. I liked doing this activity a little more than the other. The other being a "four corner" type of game, where the four corners had different titles that served as the answer to the question asked by the professors. So back to the fishbowl activity, I preferred this one a bit more over the other because I got to talk to other students one on one & getting to know a little bit more about them.
I like to think of "retreat" in the sense of "stepping back" or "moving away" from the battle. The retreat gives us a moment to step away from the struggles of class to get a grip on ourselves, to clarify why we are here and how we are going to "be" with each other. Sounds like it worked!
ReplyDeleteI do agree, the retreat allowed us to be ourselves with everyone. It allowed us to get to know a bit about everyone, especially when it came to the "fishbowl" activity. Face to face interactions really breaks the tension among students and friends. Strangers turn to friends, and peers become colleagues.
ReplyDeletevery well said my friend ! i like the "strangers turn into friends, and peers become colleagues."
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ReplyDeleteI was SO nervous about the retreat! I also didn't know how many people were actually going to come, and if it would just be us awkwardly sitting in a circle. I really enjoyed talking to you and also the girls sitting next to me. I really got to know about you in such a short time. I look forward to talking more in and out of class :)
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