The next day, I went with Jessica and her
ward to badger creek. We did four activities. I think that the first was a
little ridiculous. We had to swing with a rope to a two foot square "raft
because we were being attacked by pirates." Another thing that made it
ridiculous is that we could not talk to each other because we did not want to
get the attention of the pirates. We had to fit as many of our group as we can
on the two foot square "raft". I thought that it was weird how the
girls had a very hard time swinging. It is like they don't understand physics.
They could barely hold themselves on the rope and get enough momentum to get to
the raft. People thought that this was a leadership game, but the not talking
rule made it lame; plus, additional rules were given limiting the suggestions
that were given. A girl suggested that we do a big doggy pile. Another
suggested that people sit on each other's shoulders, but both of them were shot
down. The situation was too ridiculous for me to care. If we were attacked by
pirates, we would not try to fit twenty-one people on a two foot square raft.
We did do it; although, I saw one person with only one foot on the raft, which
should have obligated us to restart. It was more of a trial and error unifying
than a leadership and communication practice. Someone tried to lead the people
as if she figured out how to fit everyone on the raft; however, the people did
not follow her instructions well. There was a knot high in the rope, and I
thought that it would be fun to swing two people over to the raft as once. The
other activities were more logical and challenging. I think that it is weird
that I only want to write about the ridiculous activity because all the other
ones were logical. We did rock climbing, a gigantic swing like thirty feet
tall, zip lining, and slacklining. I fell off the wall a couple times, when I
rock climbed. There was a safety system, so I did not fall far. I felt
out-of-it after being in the sun for so long, and did not care to do the swing.
Badger Creek is interesting. It fulfills its role in the school well.
This week was quite fun for me because I got to portray the main antagonist in a Reader's Theater called 'Priscilla Pringle's Predicament/All's Swell That Ends Swell' that Playgoers of Lethbridge put on at Lethbridge Whoop-Up Days 2017. The story was written by Ed Bayly, a truly wonderful individual. Doing the performances all week reminded me of how much I love participating in theater. Please enjoy this recording! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIh88Y5H3cI&t=1135s
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