Developing New Mah Jongg Curriculum Perhaps

Staying with my friend Mary Jo means there are a lot of laughs, but also a lot of serious discussion about what the future might hold. Mary Jo is always pushing me to figure out what comes next. She is all about me creating new curriculum for Mah Jongg classes and finding new ways to help people be better players.

I am all about helping people learn “how to think” not “what to think.” In order to figure out what to teach I need to figure out what people are doing wrong or how they are not maximizing every opportunity.

Perhaps I need to do a few focus group/game playing opportunities where I watch people playing and try and see the patterns in what is difficult so I can create a class that teaches to those issues.

If you want to volunteer to come play Mah Jongg at my house, or have me come to yours and let me watch you play it might help me flesh out a new mah Jongg course. Not that I am not already busy teaching the classes I have, but there are so many people like Mary Jo who want to constantly be learning. It could be like Mah Jongg academy.

The bottom line is there are not enough hours in the day when staying with Mary Jo. We went to dinner at City Kitchen with Kate. The view was beautiful and the food delicious. I ran into three different Mah Jongg student friends who came in the restaurant while we were there. It is funny to meet people’s husbands for the first time and they say, “I know all about you, the guru of Mah Jongg.” I hope all these husbands are happy that their wives have found such joy in playing. Now it is time for the husbands to learn to play. Mah Jongg is not just a female game.

Thanks May Jo for the wonderful hospitality, even if I didn’t get enough sleep because we stay up talking so long.