On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Ruth Whalen Crockett <rwhalen@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > From Ruthie: > Atchi Patchi. Like who is in the middle. Students sitting in circle. One > student is standing in the middle. Everyone closes their eyes as student is > in the middle thinking up a question to ask the group. While they are > closing eyes touch one student on the shoulder. This person is the Atchi > Patchi. Then ask everyone to open their eyes. Student in the middle (not > knowing who is the Atchi Patchi begins asking everyone the same question. > When the student who is the Atchi Patchi is asked the question, they > respond, "Atchi Patchi". At this moment everyone stands up and moves to a > different spot in the circle. The student who remains standing is the > question asker. Again, everyone closes their eyes. The teacher selects the > Atchi Patchi and the questions start again. > > Curious: where does the phrase "Atchi Patchi" come from? Google yields no interesting results... Tom