Entry 27.09.08 - Reflection

Opening entrance:

First thoughts.

Sorry for being late the first session. I'm not a person who is usually late and I normally roll my eyes to people who are. So my first reaction was, I'm one of those annoying people who turn up late, looking like their not interested and disrupting the lesson. I also thought I would instantly stand out and be singled out and made an example of. In this case I was welcomed in and felt settled straight away.

Ice Breaker Activity:

The first activity was really effective to get to know your peers. It was a series of obscure questions you had to find people to answer. I found it a relly interesting way to get talking to people in a way outside the usual "Hi, I'm Tom, and I work as..." This way everyone was talking about the most random stories and experiences. Also the questions were already there so people didn't have to sit down and come up with there own random questions. With the set questions it help finding what some people have in common with each other, or equally how different someone can be. 

The questions and Answers I got are as follows:

Q1. Has a Pet Dog?

A.   Marie's Dog is called Gem and it's a springer spaniel.

Q2. Lived abroad for more than a year?

A.    Vikki lived in America and Germany for 4 years.

Q3. Is a Vegetarian?

A.    Sandra is but eats fish.

Q4. Is a Grandparent?

A.   Helen is a grand parent through marriage.

Q5. Plays musical instrument?

A.   Laura plays the drums and Ben plays the Keyboard.

Q6. Is part of a sports team?

A.    -

Q7. Been to the cinema in the last week?

A.   Sue March went to see Momma Mia in Chesterfield for £5.

Q8. Regularly reads a Sunday newspaper?

A.    Clarissa reads the telegraph.

Q9. Owns and regularly uses an MP3 player?

A.   Rachael was listening to Cold play and Abba on her iPod Nano.

Q10. Has a half term Holiday booked?

A.      Lindsey has it just booked off work at the moment.

Q11. Has an unusual hobby?

A.     Adrian does fire Poi (spins fire on a rope)

Q12. Orders from Tesco / Asda / Sainsbury's for weekly shopping?

A.     -

I really enjoyed it and would like to find some more interesting and original Ice breakers.

Ground Rules:

Setting the ground rules ourselves is also an important part of the sessions. I think you respect rules alot more when they are your expectations, also other people who imput to the ground rules will also police them, so theres less pressure on the lecture. My rule was Puntuallity, ironicly. But now I've set the rule of punctuallity I would feel the biggest hypocrite to turn up late now.

Learner Goals: