Leadership, Friday, 3rd Period

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Scott sent out an e-mail letting his students know that they were going to be meeting in the Danger Shop this week. And as probably half the class knew, when you put Scott Summers in charge of a group in a room whose name began with 'Danger,' things were going to get pretty interactive.

This was probably a different kind of interactive than those people were thinking, though. You could probably tell that by the fact that Scott was holding a balloon in the middle of a park on a sunny day.

"A crucial part of leadership is understanding how to actually work in a team," Scott said, kicking things off. "So today, we're going to be doing a small team-building exercise."

"I've put you into four teams of four. You're going to be building balloon towers. The goal is to build the tallest tower you can before the end of the period using nothing but the provided balloons, rolls of masking tape, and your wits. And if anyone here has powers, those are forbidden for this exercise," Scott said. "So no flying up to dangle a string of balloons from the top of the room, no telekinesis to stabilize the tower. If you do that, I'll use one of my powers."

Scott pulled out a remote and pointed it at the balloon he was holding. It popped. No, he wasn't going to use optic blasts for that.

"Good luck."

Was that a suspicious smirk as he said that? Nah, couldn't be.

Comments

Re: Tower 1: Anakin Solo / Ben Skywalker / Cara / Rebecca Logan

[momslilassassin]

Ben made a face, mostly because watching someone hit on his cousin was kind of gross. "But not incredibly gullible," he added.

Re: Tower 1: Anakin Solo / Ben Skywalker / Cara / Rebecca Logan

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

Oh, like Anakin even realized she was doing that. "I don't see what that has to do with anything either," he muttered. "How are we supposed to do this without any tools?"

Re: Tower 1: Anakin Solo / Ben Skywalker / Cara / Rebecca Logan

[zetabetabrat.livejournal.com]

"I think that's the point," Rebecca informed him through gritted teeth.

She was steadily losing patience for this group of actually very competent boys. And Cara.

Re: Tower 1: Anakin Solo / Ben Skywalker / Cara / Rebecca Logan

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

"I realize that," Anakin said peevishly. "That doesn't mean I can't be annoyed about having to figure it out."

He said, as if Rebecca wasn't being very helpful. Because he didn't think she was.

Re: Tower 1: Anakin Solo / Ben Skywalker / Cara / Rebecca Logan

[momslilassassin]

Ben wasn't going to lecture Anakin on the dangers of relying too heavily on the Force--he wasn't his dad, thanks.

"Being annoyed doesn't really complete the assignment faster," he said.

Re: Tower 1: Anakin Solo / Ben Skywalker / Cara / Rebecca Logan

[wrongkindofsith]

"Since Rebecca can't climb the tree," Cara began, because she agreed that Rebecca wasn't being at all helpful. "We can probably start by stacking them."

Even if they weren't architects, Mord'Sith tended to know a little about structures, it wasn't like those frames capable of supporting a full grown man's weight maintained themselves.