I think the kind of thing CK is describing is what we had in the sixth form, but we had a simplified version, no doubt, without engineers or social media. But it was about constructing something, and needed maths to solve it. It was just a written answer needed, I think, rather than an actual construction. And we didn't subvert it. But the idea was to see how we communicate and who takes what role and what approaches everyone takes to solving a problem. And then we had a personality test thing, and I remember I was a 'completer,' which I think was because I answered that I handed my homework in on time!
See, I do get the "problem" exercise. And while it's not my preferred style I could go with it. But I am led to believe these are individual efforts where we build something to reflect those questions... And then talk about it (sorry, not "to it" ). I don't see the point.
But I should give it a go. I'm just annoyed we're spending hours on this and less than an hour on actually planning for the year ahead...on a planning retreat! That plays into my frustration with it. I'm usually the positive one at these things!
Maybe the idea is that you will naturally build the lego in your own way, using all the strategies and priorities you apply to life in general, but in a fun environment, so you can feel free to observe yourself and your ways without feeling the need to conform to someone else's idea of how a person should work, because it's just a fun lego thing. I would see it that way - so I wouldn't answer the questions beforehand, but just go and build something out of lego, and then think about how I approached it in relation to what the questions are asking, and talk about that. Go there and decide that your lego construction will be something fun and attention-grabbing, and then build it with that in mind.
I generally do something really abstract and OUT THERE and, when asked to explain, come up with some impressive psychobabble to explain what is really me just being an ass. But you don't stick a bored PhD on such games without running this kind of risk. (The hardest part is keeping a straight face)
OK, it sounds as if what you are getting is LEGO® BuildToExpress™ which is something I've come across in special needs education. Those sets are no longer available from LEGO®, but the Nurture Group is continuing to sell their own version called Nurture ABC™ apparently building on the LEGO® Education’s 4C approach to learning. I'd engage in a workshop teaching me the use of this technique, with some of the practice questions. This, not so much. BuildToExpress™ is used to give young people another way of expressing ideas, concepts and feelings .
(My daughter's experience was a complete subversion from the intention of that workshop, but the conference organiser was so delighted by the way it was going with the normally isolated engineering groups all discussing a current problem together he overruled the workshop leader and let it run. It didn't do much for discussion of the difficulties of engineers communicating with management, although some of the managers did take away some useful insights, which was the original purported purpose. Others took away that engineers made no sense.)
Today I consign to hell the manufacturers of a very good potato peeler purchased in ASDA. they had thoughtfully protected less mentally-competent purchasers of said implement by covering the peeling blade in blue sticky plastic - which proved impossible to remove except with a sharp knife, a scouring pad and a lot of elbow grease. Any Little Old Lady would certainly have but her fingers to ribbons
TICTH venues where valet parking is non-optional -- and then dealing with a totally incompetent valet company who did not hire enough people, and those they did hire didn't have a clue what they were doing. I had to wait 20 minutes for my car, but then they blocked me in with an unclaimed car -- and when I finally got going (and needed some calm classical music to calm me down), I had lost all of my radio pre-sets! (Needless to say, the tip money I had earlier pulled out of my wallet went right back in my wallet.)
I suspect this middle-aged man would also have ribboned fingers, Intrepid Mrs S.
Non-optional valet parking. Wow.
Oh, mecano! And thank you la vie en rouge and BF. The organiser has said he is personally making wooden trophies to hand out... I think this is getting a bit bigger than needed. I'm not competitive at all but I can see this going that way...
Workmen who don't tell you the whole story even when specifically asked. The new boiler has been installed but now the gas pipe has to be replaced. That can't be done this week. It probably can't be done at all unless I can clear out the garage, which is stacked floor to ceiling with late OH's junk. If they had warned me this was a possibility when I asked them what the worst case scenario was, I would have waited until next year, since the old boiler was still working.
TICTH people who cannot park sensibly. I returned from the allotment to the car park to find that one car had parked behind me and one in front of me, thus blocking me in. Luckily SWMBO was close enough to pick me up so went home, had lunch, came back. One car had gone and been replaced by - oh person with a heart! - a car with someone waiting in it in case it needed moving. May blessings fall upon them. And may shit fall upon the dickheads who blocked me in in the first place - both VAG drivers, I note. Hmm...
My pc, for repeatedly crashing on the first day of my academic year, including when I was in an online planning meeting. My other half says it is a hardware issue and I need a new pc. In 2 weeks time my online tutorials start.
On the upside, I’m getting a new pc.
Printers. Any make. Will they communicate? Will they "other place"
The error message "Cannot locate printer". I can see the printer, even without my specs. It is less than three feet away and the wifi lights on the laptop and the printer are flashing merrily. Both items run correctly alone but the magic of Marconi seems to have passed them by.
Printers. Any make. Will they communicate? Will they "other place"
The error message "Cannot locate printer". I can see the printer, even without my specs. It is less than three feet away and the wifi lights on the laptop and the printer are flashing merrily. Both items run correctly alone but the magic of Marconi seems to have passed them by.
"have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?"
On the computer front - Microsoft inserting the XBox live app even into Server versions of the Windows OS - along with loads of other shite I have to dig out of the deployment image .wim file. Who imagines for a moment a large enterprise wants a load of card games installed on every desktop? Really?
My printer doesn't like to connect with the computer either. It's OK when printing, but for some reason refuses to do it when scanning - I have to physically connect the two with a USB cable for that. Most odd.
Picoprep. The (turn away if you're eating) bowel discharging solution one must drink before a colonoscopy. I get some medicine is unpleasant, but surely they could come up with an apple or orange flavour? Vomiting then dry retching all morning and just before I was put under was a nice side effect.
Printers. Any make. Will they communicate? Will they "other place"
The error message "Cannot locate printer". I can see the printer, even without my specs. It is less than three feet away and the wifi lights on the laptop and the printer are flashing merrily. Both items run correctly alone but the magic of Marconi seems to have passed them by.
"have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?"
Yes, sometimes it does the trick. But why only sometimes? Why should a lump of metal, plastic and silicon act like a teenager?
Programming random behaviour into kit would actually be quite an achievement. The problem is that failures can occur in any of the links in a chain - between the scanner and computer is the scanner's WiFi connection, the router, your computer's WiFi connection, the services used to connect whatever app you're using with the WiFi... depending what's gone wrong, different bits may need restarting.
And then you've got why one of these components broke in the first place - perhaps the scanning service can be caused to crash by a buggy mouse driver but only if you double -click with the mouse pointer at the edge of the screen, or other such weirdness.
Life insurance company employees whose conference calls and team meetings are more important than communicating with the survivors whose policies they hold. Up to my ears in phone calls and emails and voice mails - none of which are getting my questions answered before my 11 a.m. meeting in 35 minutes.
TICTH the television channel that's showing back-to-back Star Wars films all chuffing weekend, and (not really!) the husband who insists it be left on even though he's either reading a book or (more usually) asleep.
If I never see one of those ******* films again, it'll still be way too soon.
I am sorry to the Lego devotees but our Lego activities for day 1 bored me shitless. It started with make a duck out of 7 pieces then one out of 4. The purpose, of course, to show us we think differently. What a revelation. It went downhill after that and I found myself describing my perfect Wednesday as Lego man at his desk surrounded by six foot (relative) walls and everyone just leaving me alone to get on with it. Worryingly, this was acclaimed.
The gratitude activity (write something encouraging and positive about someone, anonymously) had a bump. The praise was flowing for each other, spirits soared and heads expanded. Until one person's was read out: "Keep up the good work". Ouch.
Another set of Lego activities beckons... I walked through the canola to the old cemetery, scaring scores of kangaroos, after I woke up which has improved my mood. It is beautiful here at least.
To those who like Serious Lego Play, or Lego itself, I am not meaning to criticise you. I just think the execution is leaving something to be desired. I am a sad sack who wants a work retreat to give useful outcomes. And I am just not a games person. If I had an alternative activity I'd be happier.
Today I consign to hell the home health care company that has to evaluate my physical condition and my house before I can hire aides through my long-term care insurance or make the changes needed so that I can stay here. It's been over a week since I was sentenced to a wheelchair, and I still haven't heard from them, even to make an appointment.
Not on the level of Ross' complaint, but people who schedule meetings for one-on-ones when you clearly have the time booked in your calendar already. Then you tell them you are busy from 12:30 to 14:00, as per my calendar, so they then book a meeting from 11:00 to 13:00.
TICTH the human body and all its attendant failings. Whose bright idea was it to invent this exact mixture of chemicals and moving parts that barely anybody can make use of to its full potential before it inevitably falls to bits.
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But I should give it a go. I'm just annoyed we're spending hours on this and less than an hour on actually planning for the year ahead...on a planning retreat! That plays into my frustration with it. I'm usually the positive one at these things!
Thanks fineline; good advice.
(My daughter's experience was a complete subversion from the intention of that workshop, but the conference organiser was so delighted by the way it was going with the normally isolated engineering groups all discussing a current problem together he overruled the workshop leader and let it run. It didn't do much for discussion of the difficulties of engineers communicating with management, although some of the managers did take away some useful insights, which was the original purported purpose. Others took away that engineers made no sense.)
Totalitarianism (provided that you get to be the dictator, of course). Use the lego to build a big gawdy statue of yourself.
IJ
Non-optional valet parking. Wow.
Oh, mecano! And thank you la vie en rouge and BF. The organiser has said he is personally making wooden trophies to hand out... I think this is getting a bit bigger than needed. I'm not competitive at all but I can see this going that way...
And photocopiers where you can't open up every bit.
Thought of the misprint of Psalm 119 'Printers have persecuted me without a cause.
AG
But yes, I would cheerfully CTTH too.
IJ
On the upside, I’m getting a new pc.
The error message "Cannot locate printer". I can see the printer, even without my specs. It is less than three feet away and the wifi lights on the laptop and the printer are flashing merrily. Both items run correctly alone but the magic of Marconi seems to have passed them by.
"have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?"
Oh well. Done for now.
Yes, sometimes it does the trick. But why only sometimes? Why should a lump of metal, plastic and silicon act like a teenager?
And then you've got why one of these components broke in the first place - perhaps the scanning service can be caused to crash by a buggy mouse driver but only if you double -click with the mouse pointer at the edge of the screen, or other such weirdness.
If I never see one of those ******* films again, it'll still be way too soon.
The gratitude activity (write something encouraging and positive about someone, anonymously) had a bump. The praise was flowing for each other, spirits soared and heads expanded. Until one person's was read out: "Keep up the good work". Ouch.
Another set of Lego activities beckons... I walked through the canola to the old cemetery, scaring scores of kangaroos, after I woke up which has improved my mood. It is beautiful here at least.
To those who like Serious Lego Play, or Lego itself, I am not meaning to criticise you. I just think the execution is leaving something to be desired. I am a sad sack who wants a work retreat to give useful outcomes. And I am just not a games person. If I had an alternative activity I'd be happier.
I know many health-cares are for-profit, but the way they behave to people in need is terrible.
:gah:
Gah.
In my next life I'm coming back as a rosebush.
... as well as humans lopping off branches.
Jesus said so.
...thou mightest still be in a mess without it....
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