Today in class we talked about trust. At the beginning of class, without knowing what I was getting myself into, I volunteered to help out with something later on. The professor ended up pulling 6 people from the class to do a trust fall with me - and this didn't end up being your usual trust fall. We did it 3 times:1) To start, I stood on the table as my catchers had their arms interlocked ready to catch. I alerted them of my falling and fell backwards, screaming on my way down.
2) Next, my catchers had to begin with their arms at their sides. Once I said I was falling they could move their arms toward each other. I did not scream as I fell this time, and they caught me without a problem.
3) At this point, my professor tells my catchers to take 2 steps back. I'm staring at an empty floor as I look down from the table. They are not allowed to move until I say I am falling. I turn my back toward them and tell them I'm falling. Without screaming again, I fall backwards into the arms of my trusty classmates!
If we had started out with fall #3, I don't think I would have had enough confidence in my friends - I was able to build a trust with them over time. They proved they could catch me the first two times, so I trusted they would catch me even though they started farther away the third time. It's important to take the time to build trust in order to have confidence in others.
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