I resumed training last night, with no significant loss of conditioning to report. That makes me very, very happy. Though I plan to take it easy today (just some necessary bike riding), just to be sure I don't make my poor bod go bonkers.
I'm teaching a kid's summer class on something sort of related to my favorite Obscure Corner of the World, and it's a bitch trying to figure out how to challenge 11-14 year olds without frustrating them. I'm going to force them to read some primary sources on the historical era in question. Kids don't do enough of that. We'll see how I do. I've subbed at the junior high level before (I remember it involved physically wrestling with one particularly wired young man) in a very bad school district, so I'm hoping these kids will be at least marginally better. I hate playing prison warden and prefer actually teaching.
We're off tomorrow to my parents' farm for a few days, so I wish all my bloggybuddies a good holiday weekend. May you unwind and find your own version of independence.
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Cool! Yay for you for getting back in the swing of things (with no loss of conditioning to boot!). I'm still so early in the process that every day that I don't do some sort of activity, I set myself a step back. A hectic (and somewhat painful) weekend made for a mildly challenging run yesterday. Not horrible, but not encouraging, either. It just took me a while to get in the swing of things.
And have fun with teaching. I miss being in Texas and teaching at music camp. I actually like that junior high age group. The younger ones are not really their own personalities yet, and the older ones are so much their own sassy little personalities that they are hard to teach. Junior high kids are so awkward, but they are so much fun to work with. At least I think so.
Have fun on your Green Acres weekend. I wish I could find someplace to get out of town...
Best of luck with the teaching! I'm sure you will inspire these kids, and encourage them to think about things in a new light.
I also think you're very brave for taking on a bunch of 11-14 year olds - I have a sense that, with that age group, teaching can be less about imparting knowledge and more about crowd control!
oh yay! Have fun with the kids hee hee! Have a great weekend too!
Hope you had a great weekend!
Good luck with teaching -- that is a HARD age to teach AND to try to make them concentrate during the summer -- ouch!
Hands on stuff is always a hit. Mix in the reading with something hands on.
Of course, that's a hard age. They KNOW EVERYTHING by then, and you might just be wasting their time. :P
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