The door shuts and I immediately begin to feel a little claustrophobic. I look around a tiny room with 6 other people as we frantically begin to search for clues that will unlock a box that has a key that will get us into the other room. In the tiny room is a confession closet, a huge ceramic slide puzzle, a bench, and a beautiful stained glass wall. As the others are looking for clues I am drawn to the ceramic slide puzzle. I start trying to solve it so that I can see if this will somehow help crack the code for the combination. I start shifting the pieces around and I quickly begin to realize that the puzzle was not intended to be pieced together as none of the pieces had a match. It was merely a diversion and I fell for it. We had 60 minutes to crack the code and I spent 7 of those with the silly slide puzzle. Gotta love those escape rooms!
My husband and I have pretty tricky names. Tricky for others to pronounce and even trickier when people try to spell them. We are really spoiled with delicious takeout options in the area where we live and will oftentimes order in on the weekends. I’m usually the one to place the orders via the phone because I have dietary restrictions (low carb diet). When placing the orders I always tell the person on the phone my name is Ana just to avoid any confusion and it works like a charm. This morning was different. I was up pretty early feeding my niece and my ever so thoughtful husband asked if I wanted some breakfast takeout. We usually never order out for breakfast but today was different. We were too tired to cook. He dials the number to our favorite breakfast spot that’s about two minutes away from home. He places our order and at the end the person on the other line asks him; “what name should I put this order under?” He replies without thinking; “Ana...” We hear a long pause unt...
As I read, I can't help but make connections to my high school classroom. I wonder how many of my students feel a little claustrophobic at school or find themselves diverted by something that looks cool but doesn't actually get them anywhere? Still, if I continue the metaphor, the truth is that if you work as a team you can actually turn both of those conditions into a really positive, fun outcome - I mean, hey, we pay to do escape rooms! Thanks for a fun slice.
ReplyDeleteSaturday visited Escape room. Was it fun? Yup! Did we get busted? Double yup!
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Sounds like a lot of laughter, team work, and a challenge! Good times!
ReplyDeleteI've never tried an Escape Room. I think I'd feel claustrophobic too and throw a big fit!
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