Today began with intermittent light rain, so groups worked inside or on the skirt of the school building. By the afternoon, the weather cleared up enough that people could work on mats spread on the ground outside again. Enthusiasm was high, and the word-collection groups worked with zeal.
In one group, though, that proved to be a negative thing, as the person who was supposed to be writing words down was so busy talking enthusiastically about the words the other group members suggested that he took a long time getting around to writing them down.
As is often the case, we’re seeing that some groups are able to come up with lots of words in a short amount of time, while other groups are struggling a bit to think of them. This is due to a difference in level of education of the group leader or the creative abilities of the group members. We do what we can to help those who are struggling and encourage the more productive ones to continue to work as they have been.
The workshop leaders decided that someone should sit with the group that was finding the exercise most difficult, so I sat with them for the first two hours or so of the morning to help them feel more comfortable. Another of the leaders spent most of the day with the group with the scribe who found it difficult to stay focused on the job of writing the words down. Those are some examples of how we help the group to reach their goal of collecting 10,000 words or more.
Kevin Warfel
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