Thursday, January 20, 2011

Response #2

1. Reflect on a time when storytelling became an essential tool for you when trying to solve an issue or inform someone. Was it successful or did it fail? Why? What methods did you use? Be as specific as possible.

one time stands out where storytelling would have helped as a way to inform someone of a method to solve a problem. This past summer, my friends and I went on a road trip, with the final destination set as colorado, specifically rocky mountain national park. But, it was going to be a three day journey, which meant we were going to have to stop and sleep at least twice.
We thought we knew how the camping was going to go, but it turned out that we had alot to learn. the first night we were going to prepare "TFDs", or tin foil dinners. we got the TFDs together, but my friends were having too much trouble starting a fire, so i offered my help. unfortunatley, due to my history, they were having none of it and refused my advice. Had i been able to tell a convincing story they would have believed me, but i was not able to and had to box them out while i demonstrated my fire building abilities.

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