Today there was an "earthquake" in the city simulation. Desks were turned over, and their contents spilled over the ground, and the garbage and recycling cans were flipped over. It took quite a long time to clean up.
Our first reaction was chaos. Some people were picking money off the ground, because the money was technically fair game, even though you were supposed to be kind and return it to it's owner. Other people were running around, and panicking. They didn't know what to do, and the classroom was very noisy. People decided not to follow most of the expectations that our teacher had set at the start of the year.
Then, we started trying to reach a decision. We held a city council meeting, and everyone started thinking of ideas. Then, people started finding notes in places around the classroom. After the notes were found, everybody thought that I should go "help" the city manager, also known as the teacher, because I was the "City Health Officer". But I didn't know what to do. In the end, we just gave up. Ms. Chen told us that we were supposed to come up with an organized solution, and that it wasn't my job to solve the problem.
The earthquake today sure was a shock at the start, but as time progressed, I think we did cooperate better, and come up with better ideas. I think we did well in the situation.
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