On Sunday, 1/12, Diller 7 had their 4th workshop (woah- Workshop 4 already?!). The workshop was
kicked off by having a brief committee meetings (The committees are: Social, Tikun Olam, Israel, and Birthday), followed by stepping into the hallway for a team building activity. The goal of this activity was to pass one of our Dillers- first Jacob, and then Arielle- down the hallway. The catch? The group was lying down on their backs and could only use their hands to move Jacob, then Arielle, down the hall. After a little chaos, we finally got them down the hallway in under 2 minutes, at least most of the time. g to eat for lunch, however, things in Diller are never quite as simple as they first sound (in a good way). In each group, a few member were given “Disabilities” such as not being able to talk, not being able to use both hands, and yes, even being blindfolded yet again (I don’t think even I could have anticipated how much time I truly would spend blindfolded in Diller). Also, no need to worry, none of the blindfolded Dillers were given tasks that involved fire or knives. Lunch proved to be...interesting… but in the end we all had a great time, and did end up with edible (mostly) food. After lunch, we learned about what our names meant and how much thought goes into a name through an interesting learning packet followed by a brief activity. We finally finished off our workshop with Avodat Halev by both of us (Micaela and Ethan), where we both presented special items from our childhood. Anyway, we are so excited to have our overnight on Saturday 1/27- time is always flying in Diller!
After talking about the activity, we went back into the room for more team building. This time, a wooden block set was distributed to our now blindfolded cohort, so as each member got 3 wooden blocks of varying shape and color. Then, having been told the total amount of shapes and colors, we had to figure out which two blocks were missing. At first, it was complete mayhem: people were shouting over each other, everyone was getting out of their seats, and nothing productive was getting done. After a brief intermission where everyone returned to their seats, we had a strategic discussion on what went wrong. Then, we tried the exercise again, but instead of having everyone trying to do their own thing, we devised a procedure with only one person speaking at once, and we were very quickly able to finish it (even though we were given a set of batman blocks which felt deceptively like mustaches). We proceeded with another discussion about our new group triumph, in which everyone received a little constructive criticism that should be able to help us in the future.
Then, going with the theme of this workshop (and maybe Diller as a whole), the next activity was, believe it or not, another group building activity, however this one was a little different. This time, we truly had something on the line, as we were preparing our lunch with a twist. We were broken into groups each designated to make a traditional Israeli food that we were going to eat for lunch, however, things in Diller are never quite as simple as they first sound (in a good way). In each group, a few member were given “Disabilities” such as not being able to talk, not being able to use both hands, and yes, even being blindfolded yet again (I don’t think even I could have anticipated how much time I truly would spend blindfolded in Diller). Also, no need to worry, none of the blindfolded Dillers were given tasks that involved fire or knives. Lunch proved to be...interesting… but in the end we all had a great time, and did end up with edible (mostly) food. After lunch, we learned about what our names meant and how much thought goes into a name through an interesting learning packet followed by a brief activity. We finally finished off our workshop with Avodat Halev by both of us (Micaela and Ethan), where we both presented special items from our childhood. Anyway, we are so excited to have our overnight on Saturday 1/27- time is always flying in Diller!
- Micaela and Ethan
No comments:
Post a Comment