Yesterday, I decided to play a game with my kids. I had this idea of a game that I had played before, but instead of writing it on the board, I turned it into a powerpoint. It was awesome! The kids had to use flyswatters and race each other to slap the right root word/example word/definition.
I wanted it to be fun, and to get the kids out of their seats moving around, which it did. However, I failed to take into account the exuberance, and competitiveness of teenagers. These kids committed to the game. I mean, they were really competitive, and it was so much fun to watch! It was loud and fun as they cheered each other on, each team trying to help their runner without giving the answer away to the other team. Everyone was having so much fun!
Until there were injuries. Yeah, I had students get injured in my class. Oops. I guess that is why I shouldn't have let the two football players play against each other. One of them totally body slammed the other into the whiteboard, which, as most whiteboards do, has a nice try right at waist level for the markers and erasers. The poor boy didn't know he needed a cup for English class, but he won and scored the point foe his team.
And then there was the girl who had the same thing happen, only I think she dented the tray with her hip. However, she was amazing! Even after having been dropped to the floor, and crawling back to her desk, making a huge deal about how "hurt" she was, she agreed to a rematch and played again. And lost.
So the lesson is, kids will play rough no matter what, even when they are playing nice.
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