Duration: 10 minutes
Group Size: Section or Platoon Level
Resources: Paper, drawing materials, masking tape
Purpose: To get to know each other by discovering some common personality traits.
Overview: To enable group members to find out which of them share certain personality traits.
Conduct:
- Each person is given a sheet of paper and drawing materials and told to take 5 minutes to draw a bull. They should be discouraged from looking at each other’s drawings, to avoid being influenced.
- After 5 minutes, give out sticky tape and ask them to stick their drawings (with their names clearly written on the drawings) onto a wall. All should gather around the drawings.
- The facilitator will then read out what the various drawing styles (see Interpretation below) reveal about the person who drew it.
Interpretation of Bull Drawing
When everyone has finished drawing, mention that how their bull has been drawn, serves as a useful personality test. Read out the script below:
If the bull is drawn:
Towards the top of the paper – you are positive and optimistic
Towards the middle – you are a realist
Towards the bottom – you are pessimistic and have a tendency to behave negatively
Facing left – you believe in tradition, are friendly and remember dates (birthdays, etc)
Facing right – you are innovative and active, but don’t have a strong sense of family, nor do you remember dates
Facing front (looking at you) – you are direct, enjoy playing devil’s advocate and neither fear nor avoid discussions
With many details – you are analytical, cautious and distrustful
With few details – you are emotional, you care little for details and are a risk taker
With fewer than 4 legs showing – you are insecure or are living through a period of major change
With 4 legs showing – you are secure, stubborn, and stick to your ideals
If there are more than 4 legs – you are just plain stupid!
The size of the ears indicate how good a listener you are, the bigger the better.
Ok now we come to the interesting part. Who didn’t draw horns? In other words, who drew a cow? Or is it a gay bull?
The horns… well, that’s about how horny you are.The length of the horns indicates the quality of your sex life. Again, the longer the better.