We are starting One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest today and as part of an into activity I emulated Nurse Ratched. They had to stand in an alphabetical straight line and I insisted that it be completely straight. Anyone who talked in any way got their name on the board for detention. I gave people so much grief. I was a nasty witch. I let no one talk in any way. It was scary for me. I had a hard time doing it. By the end I cracked. My face was totally red and I kind of panicked. I had to let them in on what I was doing. We debriefed and talked about the experience. We talked about how they felt. About how much they would have taken before they totally rebelled. I don’t know that they would have though. I think they would have just taken it and taken it. I was really skirting the line of pushing too hard.

It was hard to do. I’m still shaking. They thought it was very impressive though. They liked it as an exercise. 🙂 Scary. 🙂