Cameo Kelly
The third day of TOT in Joshua Tree, California started off with strategies and “tricks” of different types of numbers.
Selledia facilitated the morning session, where terminology was introduced to an activity called, “Even, Odds, and Totals”, which was a strategic trick to observe patterns between certain numbers.
After the sessions we deeply debriefed on ways to make the information clearer for students as well as instructors in a workshop setting. As a group we came up with the idea of possibly developing a physical representation, activity, or a game centered on “Even, Odds, and Totals”. ( check out cuttheknot.com)
The next session was focused on three primary competencies used by the Young People’s Project: Accurate Empathy, Conceptual Flexibility and Cultural Sensitivity. We also covered talk moves to help improve our modeling of workshops, trainings, etc.
Our evening activity was a drum session after a short disruptive engagement of attitudes, egos, and states of minds between participants and trainers. Personally for me, the drum session helped me clear my mind and focus on the task at hand. It also helped me get insight on myself and let go of some of my own frustrations around the challenges in the setting of the training and of my own life back in my home state.
