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How to Be the Best at What You Do - Thursday, Period 2
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.]
"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.]
Re: Roshambo [WS2]
"Fine. Geeze. Be like that."
...
"So what, you win this round?"
Re: Roshambo [WS2]
"Your turn to go first," she told him brightly.
Re: Roshambo [WS2]
"The Thing. And in case you don't know, it's this guy I know; he's made of rock." Take that Turtle Wexler.
Re: Roshambo [WS2]
"Restraining order," she said. "On the Thing."
Re: Roshambo [WS2]
Re: Roshambo [WS2]
Re: Roshambo [WS2]
"You should know, the thing is a celebrity. Be hard to prove that he did anything intentionally to bother you. He is a protector, like me," he grinned. As far as he was concerned, he won this round. "Give in, Turtle. Come on."
Re: Roshambo [WS2]
"If he's a protector," she pointed out, "he won't be much good against destroying anyone in the first place, now, would he?"