Thought for the week ...

Thought for the week ...

TABLEtalk - Moral Maze

Not 100% sure about other people, but I thoroughly enjoyed TABLEtalk this week.  We had 22 students from nine different nationalities.  Our theme was 'Moral Maze' and in groups students began by brainstorming moral values that were important to them, but also with the thought in mind to list values that would promote healthy community/team.

Before feeding back to the whole group, these smaller groups were asked to reduce their list to what they considered to be the TEN most important.

Once we collated everyone's responses, this was our final list:

And this is the point at which my finely tuned plan for the evening turned in to something quite different. As we displayed these values and stood around, there began the animated and occasionally heated discussion as to which TEN of these values the whole group would choose as most important.  

As you can imagine, with 22 people from different cultures, different life experiences, it was a challenging task to all fully agree.  We also discovered there was a some significant differences in our understanding of particular words.

Below, in no particular order, is our final list of ten ...

To be honest, I would've loved to video the entire evening and then play it back for students to see 🤔🤔🤔

Thought for the week ...

TABLEtalk - Room 101

Our theme at TABLEtalk last night was 'If I Ruled the World'. We began with some very animated discussion about 'power' and both it's positive and negative uses.  We also thought about what issues we would personally address if we were made leader of our own nation 😳😳😳

Then, using the concept of Room 101, taken from George Orwell's classic '1984' and from the TV show, we thought about our own pet peeves and the thing we would like to banish to Room 101.

Under the topic of FASHION there were a good number of candidates and lots of agreement regarding the consumerism surrounding fashion.  However, by democratic vote 'ridiculous high-end fashion that no normal person would wear' was banished to Room 101.

Our second category was TECHNOLOGY and whilst every group had TikTok on their list the final vote was, most definitely, to banish 'technological advancement in weaponry'.

Last, but by no means least, came DRIVING.  Oh sooooo many things were nominated here but by serious majority vote all 'back seat drivers' are hereby firmly and forever placed in Room 101. 

Thought for the week ...

Bowling

Last time we went bowling it was me and a bunch of guys. Today, it was Jon's turn to be the odd one out 😀 

It actually felt really nice just being a small group of people. It was a very pleasant way to spend a few hours on a Sunday afternoon.

Our first game, Yinka romped into first place getting two spares and a strike!!  Jon was not so on form😮😮😮

The next game it was Jane's turn to take the lead, with Jon coming in second 😀