Factory Game Day 2 Reflection

On Friday in Humanities, we did Factory Game Day 2. The first thing we had to do was decide which toy that we created on Factory Game Day 1 was the one we liked the best. We all took a blind vote and chose a toy named Chubby Bear. Then was the surprise. We had 45 minutes to churn out as many copies of Chubby Bear as we could- assembly line style. For those who don't know what an assembly line is, it is a line of workers or machines that mass produces a product quickly. The person Mr.Coyle appointed as manager was Shri. The first ten minutes or so were total chaos of people screaming at eachother and arguing over which jobs each person would do. I got put in the coloring section first, then switched to the cutting group, and then switched back to the coloring group. I was pretty confused, but I tried to just not talk and do my job quickly and as neatly as possible. Once Shri started exerting her control over us, things got a little more under control and we were all able to work more efficietnly. Especially after she declared no talking was allowed amongst us workers. However, I kind of think this lesson was a waste of time, because we didn't really learn anything except who in the class could shout the loudest, and who was the absolute worst at cutting out small shapes. In the end, I would say we made about fifty Chubby Bears, but only about twenty of them would have been bought full price! We were definetely not working with cottage industry techniques.