Keystone Magazine Learning the Keystone Way 2015-2016 EN | Page 38

Learning is Fun
not only planned the game,
but also broke it down to the
skills required such as catching,
throwing, or running, and how
they would go about training
their young peers. “When I first
planned my game – balls galore
– I included several brief skills-
training sessions. Then I revised
the plan, as I thought some of it
would be difficult for the young
students,” said Paul Pu, one of
the grade 9 students. Paul added
that he was pleasantly surprised
when his group of little trainees
listened, understood and fol-
lowed the rules of the game. It
made him feel confident as a
sports leader.
Meanwhile, Paul’s classmate Ra-
chel Han’s experience was quite
different: “The hardest part for
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me was getting the founda-
tion year students to follow the
rules when playing the game. I
was wrong when I thought this
game would be easy to exe-
cute, and that they would listen
to me.” But Rachel’s experience
taught her a very important
leadership lesson: “I think one of
the most important qualities of
a leader is being able to handle
a situation that goes wrong. It is
crucial to remain calm and not
be nervous.” And this is exactly
what Rachel did as her founda-
tion year students were losing
focus and getting weary.
“This is what I was hoping for,”
remarked Mr. Thompson, add-
ing, “The planning is important,
and they have to learn how to
break down a game into the