>Users:   login   |  register       > email     > people    


Sweet!
By Joe Bouchard
Published: 05/14/2018

Bouchard sticky roll The following is an installment in "Icebreakers 101 - Volume IX: UNDAMMING THE ICE", a series featuring "Ice Breaker's" designed to promote training awareness and capabilities in the corrections industry.

Look at this sweet roll. Sweet! Definitely, it is sweet! And it is a bakery item that is not only tasty, but also huge. Is it the largest sweet roll on the planet? Perhaps not. But local business produces thousands of these tasty treats (meals, really) each year. The unusually large size draws the attention and the taste brings customers back.

This is an icebreaker that addresses communication and introduces the concept of contraband control.

Part one – How big is it?
  1. Split class into 5 groups
  2. Appoint a judge (judicious, impartial, impervious to the pressures of special interests. This person will optimally be the embodiment of the truth)
  3. Display the sweet roll in its large and decadent glory
  4. With a measuring tape and a mail scale, describe the actual dimensions of the sweet roll. It is not uncommon to purchase a two-pound sweet roll that measures 4 inches by 4 inches by six inches
  5. Have each list three creative ways to describe how large the sweet roll is. I do not mean by measurement. That has already been done. The description should evoke an image of a colossal sweet roll.
    1. Big as a baby’s head
    2. Can choke a t-rex
    3. A delicious cannon ball
  6. Judge decides on the most creative phrase
  7. Sweet roll is given to winning team
Part two – Is it dangerous?

Have you ever heard of the file baked into a cake story? In old movies, a prisoner’s loved one or devotee smuggles in a file to a lock up inside a cake. Staff let it through with no questions asked and the prisoner uses the file to escape.

Certainly, this is an outdated notion. We have metal detectors and do not permit visitors to bring baked good when visiting offenders. But, we suppose the ridiculous in order to walk around the idea of contraband control.
  1. The facilitator mentions the cliché of a file baked into a cake
  2. Teams are appointed
  3. Teams record how and what can be smuggled inside a large sweet roll.
  4. Teams report out
  5. Salient suggestions are examined and counter measures for introduction of contraband are discussed. Facilitator can steer the class towards:
  • basic vigilance
  • policy directives
  • metal detectors
  • smell
  • weight
  • demeanor of visitor
This exercise is a great prelude to contraband control modules. It is also good to do this in anticipation of lunch. In sum, something can be pleasant and potentially dangerous at the same time. Bon appetite!

Joe Bouchard is a Librarian employed with the Michigan Department of Corrections and a collaborator with The International Association of Correctional Training Personnel (IACTP). He is also the author of “IACTP’s Corrections Icebreakers: The Bouchard 101, 2014” and "Operation Icebreakers: Shooting for Excellence" among others. The installments in this series include his opinions. The agency for which he works is not in any way responsible for the content or accuracy of this material, and the views are those of the contributor and not necessarily those of the agency. While some material is influenced by other works, all of the icebreakers have been developed by Joe Bouchard.

Visit the Joe Bouchard page

Other articles by Bouchard:

Comments:

  1. pkulas on 10/23/2019:

    how to online bible verse search In this flow, loyalty to the text and a strong quest for precision were combined with simplicity, beauty and dignity of expression.

  2. faizan on 08/07/2019:

    This is exciting, nevertheless it is vital for you to visit this specific url: 카지노사이트

  3. faizan on 05/21/2019:

    In this article understand the most important thing, the item will give you a keyword rich link a great useful website page: voyance par telephone gratuite

  4. faizan on 05/02/2019:

    This is very interesting content! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your points and have come to the conclusion that you are right about many of them. You are great. https://www.digitekprinting.com/coroplast-signs

  5. faizan on 04/22/2019:

    Gives you the best website address I know there alone you'll find how easy it is. seo agency

  6. faizan on 04/22/2019:

    Within this webpage, you'll see the page, you need to understand this data. Simulated intelligence

  7. faizan on 04/22/2019:

    Acknowledges for penmanship such a worthy column, I stumbled beside your blog besides predict a handful advise. I want your tone of manuscript... fun science for kids

  8. faizan on 04/22/2019:

    You bear through a awesome vacancy. I sanity definitely quarry it moreover personally suggest to my buddys. I am self-possessed they determination be benefited from this scene. SEO trainings

  9. jamesroomi on 01/22/2019:

    This is my favorite source to read anything about the current topics, sports, lifestyles and multimedia. Its life buy essays is my preferred section. My latest reading on your blog is mayor with autumn fest button. I am very glad that she attends and supports every festival around.


Login to let us know what you think

User Name:   

Password:       


Forgot password?




correctsource logo




Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of The Corrections Connection User Agreement
The Corrections Connection ©. Copyright 1996 - 2024 © . All Rights Reserved | 15 Mill Wharf Plaza Scituate Mass. 02066 (617) 471 4445 Fax: (617) 608 9015