In every class of more than a dozen or so people, there are one or two who just have to ask a question.
Don’t get me wrong, questions add value to most classes, but sometimes people ask just to hear the sound of their own voice.
I flashback to 1984-85. I am a Marine Corps Captain attending the Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico, Virginia. It is a class of 200 captains cramming three years worth of instruction into nine months. Burn out starts to kick in after five or six months.
But those who must ask their questions continue to ask.
What to do?
Welcome to Springbutt Bingo.
It is a simple game. You make a tic-tac-toe set of 9 squares, then write the name of a different person in each square. Obviously, you want to list those most likely to ask questions. This works best with a big class as you need 9 different names.
When someone on your Springbutt Bingo Sheet asks a question, put an X through their name. Three in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally is a Bingo.
Did this stop the springbutts from asking their questions? No, but it made the class more enjoyable.
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