Get to know your partners

During the first few classes we've done lots of activities to get to know each other.

The purpose was to build a strong connection between us,

build trust and to understand each other's feeling and background.

One of the activities that I liked the most and I'd like to talk about,

was when we had to bring an object which is important to us and to write why next to it,

and what are we suppose to achieve from this class.

I liked it because I felt that this is a good way to share a part of me with the class and it made me think again why am I taking this subject, and why am I doing it.

I brought a Chess board that my grandfather gave me- he used to play with it with my dad.

It is special to me because my dad passed away 4 years ago and it reminds me of him.

The chess board was next to a big page with lots of random words that describes me and the "thing" that I hope to achieve in this course- I wrote that I'd like to learn how to express myself, and to feel free to be shown in front of other people.

Through other people's objects and "goals" I got to know better some of them,

or at least it made me think that I know them better. It was useful because it was only the second week of school, and I think that it made me feel more comfortable with them.

We did more trust-building excersises like dividing into pairs, choose one person to lead and the other person need to close his eyes and to trust the other person to lead him properly, without "fall" or "stuck" in other people.

Those excersises made me feel more comfortable in the class, and let me feel that I actually have partners that I can trust on.