Cooperating with People you Hate, Friday 4th period

[unusual_sith]

Lana grinned cheerfully as everyone entered the room. Today it was made up like a somewhat posh cantina, plush benches and dim lighting, mostly from the tables. When everyone was there, she stood at the bar and spoke.

"It occurs to me that I've been neglecting one of the most important aspects of cooperation - communication. If you hate somebody, they can of course just be a terrible person, but it's also possible you're operating on faulty data, and you simply don't know each other well enough. Or even if they are a terrible person, if you know more about them, you may learn how best to avoid them. So today's task is this - we're doing a version of those three-minute dates the bar has. Not dating this time, but talking. So, half of you will sit at one side of the tables, and the other half will sit on the other side. We've got an hour, so you've got ten minutes to talk. After that, one side will get up and move one table down, and you'll talk with the next person. Your goal is to discuss whatever you like, but you can't just sit there, and you want to not annoy each other."

Well, any more than necessary. She wasn't optimistic with some of you.

"By the end, you should have at least spoken with half the class, and hopefully you'll have a better insight into each other."

She divided them in two and sent them to the tables.

Comments

Re: Class activity

[mylandmyrules]

"I can't say I have a favorite yet," Nell agreed, "But I wouldn't mind trying another one or two if you'un are sharing."

She smiled at him. "You'un is very generous."

Re: Class activity

[pun_king]

Graham chuckled a little bit at that, going a little sheepish, ducking his head and rubbing the back of his neck. "Well," he reasoned, "I can't eat them all by myself! Well, actually, I probably could; I might not look like it, but I can pack a lot of food in these sticks and bones! But I probably shouldn't. Besides, jellybeans taste better when shared with friends! That's a real fact, you know!"

It wasn't, actually, but Graham rather wished it was.

Re: Class activity

[mylandmyrules]

"Is it? I never heard that before." Nell wasn't sure about that, but she wasn't one to argue. "I do know that meals are always better when shared with friends, though, so it might be the same idea."