Who's Minding the Zoo?

At our District I / II Fall Meeting in Blackfoot, Idaho, Sarah Ochoa, Child Development Program Director of the Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska, had us take a brief assessment to determine our “inner animal” personality. Were we Beavers? Otters? Lions? Golden Retrievers?

The results were both amusing and telling. Members who had taken the assessment previously knew before we started what my dominant animal would be. But it seemed most of us were pretty well rounded in our animal personalities. And Sarah went on to share with us that we can learn to call upon our less dominant animals in times of need. So when I need to be exact, I call on my inner Beaver. When I need to be fun, I call on my inner Otter. When I need to make sure everyone else is OK, I call on my inner Golden Retriever. And finally, when I need to be forceful or to confront, I call on my inner Lion.

I won’t tell too much more because we are hoping to bring this exercise to the club. It will be fun to learn the makeup of the “zoo” we call SI of Salt Lake.