Games Students Play -- Only you and I are cool...

(Be sure you have read the introduction to these "games":Games Students Play)

"Only you and I are cool, and sometimes I wonder about you."

We've all noticed the two people in a group that hang back, sit in the back or to the side and are obviously putting themselves outside of whatever is going on. Yes, it is a defense mechanism, but it has a built in judgment of what is going on – they are too cool and the activity is too dumb.

• Breaking up the game is best done before it begins, in order to avoid direct confrontation.
• Have the room arranged in an inclusive fashion, and don't let it be changed as people come in. If the group is sitting on the floor, don't let someone pull up a chair, etc.
• Recruit one of the two to do something
• Have an adult sit with them
• Use mix and match groups