Windsor Mountain Essay
How my class used teamwork and became friends
Give me your phones, NOW
- A mad counselor
It sounded impossible. How would we make it across those tiny wood blocks with only using 2 wood boards, one about 1 x 2 feet and the other 0.5 x 4 feet. Even though it looked really hard, we knew we could do it if we worked hard and worked together. When we started, everyone went crazy. The only sound I can hear is yelling and shouting. Every one is confused on how we would ever do this. The counselors wouldn’t let us go until we completed, and they kept making up new rules. Suddenly one of the counselors told us that multiple kids had suggested something that was the correct way to get across, and we ignored them. We started calming down and working productivity together. In no time, we had a plan to get across. We started over and began with our new plan. It worked well, and in about 10 minutes, we were all across. Teamwork and friendship are important traits of life, and you can’t succeed without them.
Without a team there is no teamwork, and teamwork is a big part of the Windsor Mountain experience. There are many activities where you need to work well together to get a task done. One of our activities required a long of patience and teamwork. One person would put a blindfold on. Someone would hide a hat somewhere in the room. Another person would have their back turned to the whole room, so he can’t see the blindfolded person. Five people would stand in front of the person who can’t see the blindfolded person. The five people would have to use body language to tell the person who has their back to the room how to direct the blindfolded person. The only one allowed to talk was the person who had their back turned to the room. He would have to direct the blindfolded person around the room to grab the hat, using the five peoples body language. This exercise involves a lot of teamwork because the five people would need to work together to explain to the person how to direct the blindfolded person. It started out really bad, with the five people doing crazy things with their hands and me not understanding what to say to the blindfolded man. Eventually, the five people decided on one person to do all the body language, and the four others would back him up. Very soon, the blindfolded person grabbed the hat. We all realized that when we started working together, we got the job done.
Friendship makes everyone happier in some way, and I made many new friends during the Windsor Mountain trip, mainly in my advisor group. We got to spend a lot of time together and hang out.. After the closing campfire, we all headed back to our cabins. When we got back, we decided to play some card games. We had a lot of fun together. Even though the counselor kept getting mad at us for being too loud, we had a great time, and we all bonded together. As we played a funny card game, I laughed harder than I’ve ever laughed before. When we all got in our beds, we kept talking to each other, telling each other about our day. Spending time together got us to know each other on a more personal level and more comfortable to hang out with. I was making jokes with people I’d never think I’d talk to very much. Overall, all of us bonded in a way and some of us are even good friends now.
I’ve only made a few friends compared to all of the future friends I will make throughout my lifetime, and if I make a lot of new friends in high school and college, I’m sure to have a great life.