I'm working on the chapter on how to organize the personnel in an expedition, starting with tent partners, then composing cook groups and then constituting hike groups. I was having a difficult time giving it some life until we had the students fill out their tent and cook group request forms today. Then the drama began.
It's always a challenge to navigate the process of creating groups when the teens have such fears and insecurities. A girl dissolved into tears when her four friends paired up and left her out, despite the fact that she has a three person tent. One boy reported to me that he could not get anyone to tent with him. After I went through the forms, I found another lone boy, but the first boy refused to tent with him. Over the coming months we will work on helping kids become kinder and more considerate of each other and hopefully build friendships with more of their classmates.
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