Quote for the Day 4/4/08

In response to a growing"party atmosphere" problem among about three female members of the Anabaptist History class who usually sat at the same three-person table, I assigned numbers to each of the four tables and let the four girls draw numbers from one to four out of a small bowl. Then, from the other bowl, the boys drew numbers also from one to four. This way each table had one girl and one or two boys.

Me (to class) : I have a seating arrangement for you today. You might consider it coercive mingling. Or you might think of it as simply a classroom management strategy. You should not think of it as a relationship-building opportunity.

I wonder if the hearty burst of laughter that greeted the last statement indicates that what was already in their minds was This is a relationship building opportunity!