Brainstorming Reflection (Week 2)

         This reflection is about what I did in the second week of creative thinking class. This time I brought 3 mahjong papers and markers to write on the papers. The students were separated into groups which each grup consisted of 3 people. Each group had 3 roles that were leader, scribe, and photographer. I'm with Winny and Beth (Kai Ting). I became the leader and they became scribe and photographer. The mahjong papers and markers were brought for a game in the class. The game was to write down 100 ways to do something. Each group had to choose 3 from the topics that were given by the teacher. My team chose ‘how to squeeze a lemon’, ‘how to kill a cockroach’, and ‘how to cause a paperman to die’. I, as a leader encouraged my teammates while they were working and help them to think about the idea. They worked on writing and documentation. 

The first one is to think about 100 ways to squeeze a lemon. In the early times, we gave many ideas that came out from our head. We thought of kitchen stuffs, such as squeezer, knife, or bottle that are able to squeeze a lemon. However, things got harder when we reach about 30 ideas. We began to think critically to find the next idea. Then I looked around things in the class and I realized that stuffs from class are also able to squeeze a lemon, such as chair, table, door, or even eraser. Not only stuffs in class, but also from our house or anywhere. Animals are also able to squeeze a lemon and finally we finished the first paper.

The second is to think about the ways to kill a cockroach. At this time, we did it faster than before as it only took around 25 minutes. We just thought about things around us or everywhere and most of them are able to kill cockroach, if we used it in the proper way and a little sadistic. 

The last one is to think about the ways to cause a paperman to die. Mostly the ideas are almost the same, knowing that there is only a little difference between the ways to kill a cockroach and a paperman. We also finished this one earlier than before.

         After I did this game, I realized that there are a lot of ways to do everything. I also think that we need to think more critically to be creative. Every tool can be used for any purposes if we find out the way to use it properly. We also need to be keen with environment around us and more imaginative.