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!
Made it to Friday, I thought to myself as I opened my eyes to my fourth snooze alarm. It's been a long and busy (in a good way) week at work and home and I am looking forward to day two of our book organization project at school. Made it to Friday, I say to myself as I get out of bed and become instantly anxious at the thought that I... Made it to Friday... The thought became scary... Scary because tomorrow is Saturday and we are hopping on an airplane to fly to the Bahamas in less than 24 hours. Don't get me wrong, I love Fridays, I love the thought of being in the warm sun, I love the thought of Friday before spring break...but... I hate the thought of flying (even in first class). We made it to Friday, I tell myself, this time in a bummed out way because tomorrow is Saturday and I have to fly. Flying makes me nervous. I am still having trouble deciding which movie I will watch during our 3.5 hour flight. Usually I feel ok once I have a good distracting movie picked out and ...
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!
ReplyDeleteYour vivid description brought me back there.
Thank you.
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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