The Doubting Game
Last class, we were able to play the Doubting Game. This is where we as the student can doubt any that was said from Peter Elbow. I believed that this was a great exercise because everything is not perfect. There is always going to be a flaw in everything. Nothing is perfect. Not everyone can play the same game and learn from the same game. This was exposed when we were suppose to bring in a game to class. Not everyone was interested in the Rubik's cubes as other students. Other game was just brought in just to say that they brought a game. At one point of the discussion, I said that school is a competition. I believed that school is a competition because that high school is where it happens. Everyone is trying to compete to get better grades and go to the college that they want to go to. Trying to get compete with other students for scholarships for school. I believed that there is competition everywhere. The Doubting Game was a really good game for us to open our eyes.
I really liked playing the Doubting game in class! I think that it was good for the class to play because it helped us connect as a whole. I know before I played the game I didnt really know that many people in class, but as we played the game, and other interactive games in class I've started to know more class members. I think it has also made more people comfortable in the classroom with people they haven't really met yet.
ReplyDeleteThe doubting game also made me start to think about questions I had about the believing game. It was interesting to see the opposite side of this and able to think it through for the first time instead of going with the flow. Also, it's true that high school runs under the idea of competition driving the academic success of its students. This is good but it also has flaws like everything else. Some people give up when they don't get into a certain range of student rank and then they just drop lower. Then it becomes a cycle which more than one student is a part of.
ReplyDeleteFirst off you're Hmong(I hope or i would look like a fool) and i felt the doubting game is more beneficial than the believing game. Why would you want to know the "goods" if you're trying to get better at something? You can only get better if you know what you're doing wrong.
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