Conflict Management and Resolution: Mon Period 4 - Class # 7 - Feb 19

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The Danger Room: Mid-Term Exam

Through the power of Fandom handwavey communication systems, Wilson’s Conflict Management students were informed that their mid-term would be held in the Danger Room today. As they all filed in, Wilson was standing there waiting for them. He was, blessedly, no longer wee and after an hour long scrub in the second bathroom at the house, he also no longer had jam in his hair.

These were good things as far as he was concerned, thankyouverymuch.

“Good morning.” He said, arms crossed as he leaned back against a wall.

“Well, despite this weekend’s shenanigans I already had the midterm set up and the program ready to run for today’s mid-term assignment so, I hope you’re all ready.”

Reaching down into his briefcase he pulled out a handful of manila envelopes.



“The Danger Room has been sectioned off to 18 sections; you will all have the same scenario, detailed out in these folders. Please do not open the folder until you have entered the room with your name on it. This exam is designed to test your understanding of everything we have gone over in class to this point. The way you answer it maybe not be the same as your neighbor. Any questions?”

Looking around at the group, Wilson waved them towards the sectioned off room and began to hand out the envelopes.

“Good luck guys.”

The Exam:

As the students entered their rooms they saw a small table with three chairs, two of the chairs were at either end of the table and one sat in the middle. A Red flag and a Blue flag sat in front of the two opposing chairs. When the students sat down and opened their envelope two little Seusslike creatures appeared in either chair. One dressed in red and one in blue.

The exam read as follows: Welcome to the The Cream Cheese Battle. Please meet the Yuuks in blue and the Zuuks in red. They are two societies locked in a cold war of such over whether to cream cheese the top slice or the bottom slice of a bagel. They are so divided about this subject that they have rapidly escalated the production of the dreaded ‘bitsy big boomeroo’ in anticipation of going to war.

To date all attempts at peaceful negotiation have failed as neither side will yield on their stance about the cream cheese. This is a matter of deep cultural integrity on both sides and both leaders are very proud of their heritage in cream cheese application. Your assignment is to find a way to mediate a cessation of the production of the ‘bitsy big boomeroo’ weapon being developed by both. To do this you will have to address not only the production of this weapon and the potential for mutally assured destruction but also the root cause of the tensions between the Yuuks and the Zuuks and will no doubt need to provide them with both a short term and a long term solution to their difference of opinions.

Good luck!

[ooc: OCDs are on their way up! Have a nice exam!]

Comments

Re: The Exam: Summer Roberts

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

The Yuuk frowned at the Zuuk's answer, but nodded at Summer. "Yuuks have always spread their cream cheese on the top slice of the bagel. Since the very first Yuuk bagel in the very first Yuuk home, we have always eaten our bagels with the cream cheese on the top."

[ooc: *facepalms* Zuuks=bottom, Yuuks=top]

Re: The Exam: Summer Roberts

[absolutesnark]

"Seems you both have cream cheese spreading in common," Summer said. "Why not try spreading cream cheese on both parts. That way you can see what it's like on the otherside instead of attempting to kill each other with weapons of mass destruction. Think of the poor defenseless children that will end up stuck in the middle?"

Re: The Exam: Summer Roberts

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"But we don't want to eat our cream cheese on the top slice," argued the Zuuk, although the thought of the poor Zuuk children took some wind out of his sails.

"And we don't want to eat our cream cheese on the bottom slice," explained the Yuuk, also mollified slightly by the idea of putting Yuuk children in danger.

Re: The Exam: Summer Roberts

[absolutesnark]

Summer could hear the hesitation in their voices and figured they didn't really want the children to be harmed. So she decided to run with that. "But if you try this and share each other's cultures, it could teach your children a valuable lesson."

Re: The Exam: Summer Roberts

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

The Zuuk and the Yuuk looked uncertain, but they were paying attention now. "What do you think we should do, then?" they asked.

Re: The Exam: Summer Roberts

[absolutesnark]

"Maybe have some sort of cultural event where you can all teach the children the many ways to apply the cream cheese to a bagel, whether it's top or bottom," Summer suggested.

She smiled. "Now doesn't that sound better than nuking each other?"

Re: The Exam: Summer Roberts

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"A cultural event does sound nicer than nukes," the Zuuk replied, nodding.

"But what do we do with the parts of our bitsy big boomeroo?" asked the Yuuk.

Re: The Exam: Summer Roberts

[absolutesnark]

Summer thought of a handwavey due to brain deadness plan for the bitsy big boomeroo and hoped it would satisfy the representatives.

Re: The Exam: Summer Roberts

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

The Zuuk representative and the Yuuk representative thought about Summer's plan, and agreed. They would trade in their bitsy big boomeroos and learn to get along.