How to Be the Best at What You Do - Thursday, Period 2

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In the Danger Shop again this week, Logan had gotten in just early enough to write "CREATIVE THINKING" on a blackboard. That's right, a blackboard. None of this dry erase stuff. There was also a fountain off to the side. There was a reason for that.

"When it comes right down to it, if you wanna be the best at something, you're gonna have to get creative about it," Logan said. "If you're fighting, you need to give your partner something he's not expecting. If you're growing flowers, you've got to figure out how to breed something to set you apart. If you're just plain fast, you're gonna want to figure out how you can use that besides just running around, up, and over stuff."

"So thinking creatively is one of the first building blocks you're going to want to put down if you actually wanna be the best. If you can work on that, you've got a head start to being better than you already are."

"So to check out how creative you kids are, we're gonna do some creative problem solving. Nothing that's likely to bruise you this time. Maybe next week on that. You've got two choices. If you want to do group work, you can play a little game called Roshambo. You probably know it better as Rock-Paper-Scissors or something like that. Only thing is, you can't use rocks, paper, or scissors in this game. You have to figure out what you can use to beat your partner and give a good reason why it beats what they came up with. No nukes, no natural disasters. But if you want to choose a bow and arrow, you better have a good reason for how it can take out a rhino."

"If you want to go solo, I set up a logic puzzle. You probably saw it in a movie sometime. Here you have a running fountain," Logan said, pointing at a fountain off to the side. "Here you have an empty water bottle that can hold five gallons and another one that can hold three. You need to end up with exactly four gallons of water in the five gallon bottle. Only problem is, somebody cut a hole in the bottom of the three gallon bottle. But you have a garbage can over there with all sorts of crap you might be able to use to help you out. Figure it out."

[OOC: And now we get into the meat of what this workshop's going to be like. Enjoy the next few weeks, kids! Heading to sleep shortly, but I'm home early on Thursday, so Logan will actually be around a bit.]

Comments

Sign In [WS2]

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Collapse it, bubs.

Re: Sign In [WS2]

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Sora

What You're Best At [WS2]

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Based on the discussion last week, Logan made a list and put it on the blackboard. He may have gone slightly off from what some people said. Feel free to take this moment to change what it is you're best at. Logan reserves the right to change Jamie's back at any time.

Andrew - languages
Andros - fighting
Blair - using her brain instead of just fighting
Dean - taking care of family
Ino - growing flowers
Jack - driving
Jamie - being an idiot
Johnny - protecting
Lion-O - goofy sidekick comic relief stuff
Marco - planning
Michael - blowing things up with his mind
Reno - being really fast
Sora - self-promotion
Temari - strategy
Turtle - kicking shins
Wes - keeping money

Re: What You're Best At [WS2]

[key-of-heart.livejournal.com]

Sora tilted his head at the blackboard looking really confused by what Logan wrote for him.

"Uhh..."

He reached up and erased what Logan wrote replacing it.

Sora - Optimism

Re: What You're Best At [WS2]

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Jamie made a "tsk" type noise and erased "being an idiot" and replaced it with "Multi-Tasking"

Re: What You're Best At [WS2]

[intraspective]

Ino crossed her arms and wrinkled her nose a bit. Okay so yeah it was probably true that she was the best at growing flowers but geez, seriously?

Re: What You're Best At [WS2]

[thankgoditsme.livejournal.com]

Friday added his to read sleeping in. It was an artform.

Re: What You're Best At [WS2]

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Turtle had to admit; she snorted in amusement once she saw hers. She could probably make the point that it wasn't what she was best at being best at, but she was the best at so many things that it wasn't like she'd ever be able to decide. So she'd stick with this one, toes curling happily a little bit just thinking about it.

Re: What You're Best At [WS2]

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Dean looked at the board and nodded to himself. He wasn't going to argue with that.

Re: What You're Best At [WS2]

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Lion-o looked at the list, thought about it, and changed his to learning to be a leader.

Re: What You're Best At [WS2]

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Jack scratched the back of his head. Hey. It worked.

Re: What You're Best At [WS2]

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Johnny wasn't going to argue with his.

Roshambo [WS2]

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One person pings in, another person challenges them, first person announces what they're throwing (it can be anything from animals to weaponry to weighty ideas and concepts), the second person announces what they're throwing, and then both present arguments for which one wins. If you can actually come to an agreement about which one wins (or if Logan randomly interjects himself and picks a winner between the two), try for best two-out-of-three.

Re: Roshambo [WS2]

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This seemed like fun!

Sora grinned and looked around for someone to thow in with.

Re: Roshambo [WS2]

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie looked around to see who he might be able to challenge.

Re: Roshambo [WS2]

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Michael glanced around for a partner.

Re: Roshambo [WS2]

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Blair figured she could handle this game. She looked for a partner she deemed worthy enough.

[might be slow during work hours]

Re: Roshambo [WS2]

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Okay, this might actually be somewhat fun. As she glanced around for someone to partner up with, Turtle started to make a mental list of possible combinations based on what she knew of the other people in the class, as well as arguments for her own.

Re: Roshambo [WS2]

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Jack wasn't quite sure how this worked, but he was up for it.

[ooc: sp until after 1am est]

Re: Roshambo [WS2]

[intraspective]

Ino glanced about for a partner, wondering what to pick. Hmmmm.

Die Hard [WS2]

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One person solo has to figure out the puzzle. The garbage can has moddable contents that can be used to plug the hole in the 3 gallon bottle somehow. The solution can be found here (http://puzzles.nigelcoldwell.co.uk/twentytwo.htm) or in Die Hard 3. Be warned, you will get wet in this activity since you'll be filling the bottles in the fountain. Logan's mean that way.

Re: Die Hard [WS2]

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Andrew thought it best to work on his own, not knowing how he could argue the merits of a dead language to win at the other activity. Of course, he could always just summon up a demon from Hell and be done with the whole thing, but the administration would so frown upon that.

It took him a while to find something to plug the hole, setting on a bit of a discarded latex glove and a bunch of random sticky address labels. He was pretty good at simple logic problems, so after a few moistening minutes, he had his four gallons of water.

Talk to Logan [WS2]

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You know you want to.

Talk to the TA [WS2]

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When Z pings in.

Re: Talk to the TA [WS2]

[multiplez]

Z was here. And the best at being the TA.

OOC [WS2]

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I'm going to try to have two activities each week, one for pairs and one for people going solo. We'll see how long I can manage that.

Also, despite the icon, Logan isn't in costume. I just like the icon.

Re: OOC [WS2]

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At the mention of roshambo... Captain America cringes and Deadpool cackles too much.