I’ve decided I want to try something new and awesome. Right now I ski, mountain bike, camp, make soap, knit, hike, go to school, etc. I need some awesome crazy new thing to try. Like trapeze or something. I like to move my body and I don’t want to spend too much money. Ideas???
So I’m a swim instructor. I teach 6month olds to 7year olds. When I teach, the parents sit on the bleachers on the pool deck (4 feet away maybe). I teach a lot of kids and would say I’m pretty good with kids- they tend to have fun in all the lessons. Here’s an example situation of what I deal with almost every lesson: Four kids in a class. One kid (Call him jumping kid) jumps onto me whenever he feels like it. Usually, I’m working with another kid and can’t grab him, so he just hits me. He can’t swim either so I have to stop what i’m doing and help him to the wall. Second kid (call her screaming kid) just banshee screams whenever anything happens, good or bad. it causes the other kids to scream too and the whole pool goes crazy for a second. Third kid (call her the sweet kid) is very sweet just VERY scared of the water. I have no problem with this one. The fourth kid (biter kid) bites the sweet kid and me all the time. Now you’d think that the parents (being 4 feet away) would help with telling their kid to stop, or be stricter at home so they know these things aren’t okay to do in the first place. But the parents do NOTHING. They sit there and watch me and the other kids get screamed at, bitten, and jumped on. Here’s a couple things that have happened: I told the jumping kid he would have to sit on the bleachers if he jumped again. He jumped. I told him to sit on the bleachers. He starts bawling his eyes out. The parent cuddles him up, gives him a toy, and then tells me that I was too harsh. Anyone that knows me knows that I am the OPPOSITE of harsh. Screaming kid’s parents let her use an ipad when she starts screaming. Biting kid’s parent starts laughing when he bites.
Here’s the thing, I understand kids are crazy. I was crazy too. If a kid jumps in when they aren’t supposed to a couple times, i laugh it off. It’s swim lessons of course. If a kid is doing something more than three times that I’ve told them not to do, I usually take away a floaty toy. After that, if they keep doing it, I litterally have nothing else to do. I’m a 19 year old college student that gets paid 13$ an hour. I am never and never will be responsible for disciplining your kid. Ever. That is the parents responsibility.
If my kid were jumping in randomly, I would let them sink for a second so they would understand it wasn’t safe. If my kid bit someone, they would have a consequence. I don’t understand why parents dont do that anymore. I’m super patient with kids, but it’s starting to get out of hand.
i just got some matcha cause i was like i wanna see what all the hype is about and i’ve NEVER had it. so i got a lil matcha latte. it was super green and cutesy and i was like “ouu i feel so trendy and blah blah blah”. it’s by far the grossest thing i’ve EVER drank EVER. like not even “omg that’s the worst!” like it’s ACTUALLY the most horrible tasting thing ive ever swallowed down my throat. it genuinely tastes like im walking on a 120 degree day sweating my balls out after getting no sleep, having a bad hair day, not having any fun plans, all my clothes are dirty, i’m starting to get sick, everything is going wrong, and THEN someone comes up behind me and slams my face into the rotten grassy ground and the stuffs slimy steamed spinach down my throat and the drowns me in rotten grass water. i am NEVER NEVER getting matcha again. anyone who says they like this shit is genuinely tweaking. i can not believe they actually sell something that is so foul tasting. i would rather have plain dirt. i might need to go to the bathroom and throw up soon. does anyone like that stuff? If you are i really think you are lying. I choked down the latte cause im not about to waste food or money. HOW does anyone drink it HOW
After reading the comments, I have decided to not rule out matcha and try some professional stuff.