Hi All -
We had a fabulous
Sunday playing Capture the flag! The kids were split up into 2 teams and the
first game of CTF we played with no rules, no captain, no prep time. It
was a free for all. Naturally, things devolved into a Lord of the Flies setting
within minutes. The second time we played we had rules, we had captains,
we had 5 minutes to come up with some strategy. Now the kids are in
6th grade. While in my perfect world this would have been a beautiful,
orderly game... it did devolve... but it took about 10 minutes for Lord Of The
Flies to truly set in.
We then recapped by reading the Incident of the Spies narrative
again in Numbers. We see how God is angered by the Israelites. God
wants to punish them and Moses intercedes. God says that the Israelites
who made it out of Egypt WILL NOT see the promised land. The next day, a
group of Israelites feel badly about their behavior and they go to conquer
Canaan. Things don't go so well for them. They have no plan. They have no
leader. They have no God. Lord of the Flies happens right away and let's
just say: nobody gets off of the Island.
It reminds me of one of
my mom's old sayings "'I'm sorry' a day late and a dollar short equals two
meaningless words." We must not only apologize, but CHANGE OUR
BEHAVIOR.
We talked
about preparedness, being sorry, listening to our elders and our leaders,
and accepting punishment.
It was a good day.
Lord of the Flies and All.
I am pretty sure I was Piggy too. Definitely not Ralph.
Be well and see you in a week. Enjoy Mothers Day off!
Morah Leah
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