Teach In Reflection

I think that the Teach In was three quarters of a success.  The first song went really well, and the Movie by Liam C, Thomas and Nile was just fantastic.  But as luck would have it, our, Charles and I, first group acted like they did not want to be there, until we started to play games.  They started to perk up when the prizes for the games were extra juice bottles.  They really didn’t get the message we were trying to get to them.  The second group was much better though.  This time, we had the projector, so we read them some facts about homelessness and hungry, and then we made the sandwiches and cards.  This group really wanted to be there.  They acted like they wanted to be there, and they were really interested about homelessness and hungry.  We played music and had a really good time.  But same as the first group, we ran out of cards and food to make, so we started to play games.  The prizes were candy, and some extra sandwiches that Charles had made.  Unfortunately, there were some people that would beg and plead for the candy, and that got really annoying after a while.  So I just said to them that if they kept on pleading and whining for candy, they would get none, and that pretty much quieted them down.

            I thought that the ending movie about flow was just fantastic.  I never learned so much from a single movie.  I am definitely not drinking bottled water anymore.  I also think that the movie by Laurence, Atlas and Nile (I think) was okay, but it seemed like they rushed it though.  In the end, I think that the Teach In was really fun, even though it was not a complete success.