And the blind lead the blind...
Okay, so in Drama class today the teacher had us do an activity where one student was blindfolded and their partner led them down to the auditorium and around it for awhile, and then they switched places and the one who had been blind before led the other one back.
So, the boy sitting next to me asked me if I was trustworthy. I said yes. So he said he would be my partner. I asked him if he was sure -- I would be glad to go and ask my cousin or someone else if he didn't think I would be good at it. He still insisted he wanted to be my partner.
So I was blindfolded first. The only reason I had him as my partner at all was because I had total faith in his sisters -- even though he and I are in a club together, we don't know each other all that well. BUT. I still put my faith in him, that he would lead me safely around. I might have peeked a few times, but for the majority of the time I had my eyes closed or was staring into the bandana where the only thing I could see was the ceiling lights.
When it came my turn to lead him?
"There's a step there; be careful going up it."
"Yeah I know, I saw it."
"Careful, you're going to run into a chair."
"I saw it."
"Close your eyes please."
"I don't trust you."
(My cousin walks up, and I ask him if I'm trustworthy. He says yes and tells my partner to close his eyes.)
"I don't trust you."
...Isn't the point of a lot of activities in Drama class to gain trust in your class and in your teammate? I'm sorry, but you weren't doing that. Even though I had no idea how to react to him, -I put my trust in him-. It's the least he could do for me. I think that by not doing the activity as he was supposed to, he made -me- miss out on a huge learning opportunity.
And also? He was the one that chose me. If he didn't trust me, why did he ask me to be his partner? And if it was something I said, perhaps that comment about letting him run into a wall, that's just my sense of humour. He said that same thing to me.
I don't know. I feel I had a lot more to lose if I fell up/down stairs then he did. Unlike me, he had both arms fully useable that he could reach out and catch himself with. Me? I only have one, and not my strong one at that. And even if I did catch myself, I probably would have tried to use both arms to do it anyways and thus had hurt my arm because of the angle/moving it quickly
*headdesk* Before you decide to not trust someone on an activity like that, at least give them the chance to let you run into a wall once or twice without trying to warn you.
So, the boy sitting next to me asked me if I was trustworthy. I said yes. So he said he would be my partner. I asked him if he was sure -- I would be glad to go and ask my cousin or someone else if he didn't think I would be good at it. He still insisted he wanted to be my partner.
So I was blindfolded first. The only reason I had him as my partner at all was because I had total faith in his sisters -- even though he and I are in a club together, we don't know each other all that well. BUT. I still put my faith in him, that he would lead me safely around. I might have peeked a few times, but for the majority of the time I had my eyes closed or was staring into the bandana where the only thing I could see was the ceiling lights.
When it came my turn to lead him?
"There's a step there; be careful going up it."
"Yeah I know, I saw it."
"Careful, you're going to run into a chair."
"I saw it."
"Close your eyes please."
"I don't trust you."
(My cousin walks up, and I ask him if I'm trustworthy. He says yes and tells my partner to close his eyes.)
"I don't trust you."
...Isn't the point of a lot of activities in Drama class to gain trust in your class and in your teammate? I'm sorry, but you weren't doing that. Even though I had no idea how to react to him, -I put my trust in him-. It's the least he could do for me. I think that by not doing the activity as he was supposed to, he made -me- miss out on a huge learning opportunity.
And also? He was the one that chose me. If he didn't trust me, why did he ask me to be his partner? And if it was something I said, perhaps that comment about letting him run into a wall, that's just my sense of humour. He said that same thing to me.
I don't know. I feel I had a lot more to lose if I fell up/down stairs then he did. Unlike me, he had both arms fully useable that he could reach out and catch himself with. Me? I only have one, and not my strong one at that. And even if I did catch myself, I probably would have tried to use both arms to do it anyways and thus had hurt my arm because of the angle/moving it quickly
*headdesk* Before you decide to not trust someone on an activity like that, at least give them the chance to let you run into a wall once or twice without trying to warn you.