“Talent wins games but teamwork and intelligence wins games” Micheal Jordan once said This quote relates to what i’ll write about today. I’m writing about a field trip we took to the Bedford ropes course ( the Bedford ropes course is at a middle school and takes place in the woods) The Bedford ropes course also includes a lot of teamwork.

Here are some things that we did at the ropes course.One thing we did at the ropes course was the rope swing challenge ( this is a challenge where you have to go on a rope swing to a platform and you have to get your whole group there) . I liked this challenge because we had to work together to find a strategy. I also liked this challenge because I was one of the people who got to swing before our time was up and it was fun! I remember before I went on the swing my friend Jordyn said “ You got this!” and that made me feel good and was really encouraging. Another thing we did at the ropes course was the rope bridge challenge ( This challenge was a challenge where there was a bridge and 2 groups coming from opposite directions had to cross the bridge without touching each other). I liked this challenge because when people were crossing you would just hold onto the bridge and lean back outside of the bridge for them to pass. I remember after a while of doing this my hands started to hurt so bad and I was holding on so tightly I felt like I was going to fall and badly hurt myself. I also liked challenges because while you were crossing you could see others trying different strategies like climbing up onto the sides, walking over people etc…

There are so many good ideas but people are just doing their own thing I thought. 

The most hard challenge for me was the wire walk ( the wire walk was where there were wires from tree to tree and you had to get across with nothing to hold onto)

This was challenging because if you tried to walk there would be nothing to hold onto and you just relied on your balance. This looks challenging. What if I fall? I  remember thinking to myself. Another reason the wire walk was challenging was because one strategy we tried was butt scooting to the end. Everyone was complaining, “ It hurts!” “The wire is so hard and thin!” I definitely agree with this! So those are my opinions about some of the challenges.

Some things I learned from this are that I’m patient, Jordyn can be really encouraging, 

and working in big groups can be hard because there are many opinions on how we should do these challenges. I learned I’m patient because when everyone else was shouting and arguing I still stayed patient. I learned that Jordyn is encouraging because as I mentioned earlier it was really encouraging when she said “ You got this Suhana!”.

The last thing I learned was that working in big groups can be difficult because there are many opinions and everyone wants their way so what happens is in the end everyone is just talking over each other. So those were some important things I learned.

In conclusion, the two challenges I liked the most were the rope swing and the rope bridge. I learned about someone in my grade, I learned about teamwork and big groups, And lastly I learned about myself and how I do in bigger groups. Also, the thing that I noticed the most is working in big groups can be hard. 

Do you agree?