I want to bike from Kits to Lighthouse Park. It says Marine Dr. is a bike path but I’ve ridden busses that go along there pretty fast and it’s very curvy with no shoulders in some places.
How scary is it on a Tuesday/Weds/Thurs between 3-5pm?
This question/rant is directed at the childfree who either work with kids or have some contact with them.
Kids don’t want to try anymore. I’ve worked with kids for four years now as a fitness coach and I’m quitting after this term ends. I feel like I’m wasting my time and putting in monumental effort just to get bare minimum effort from them.
At first I thought it was me, I was inexperienced coaching kids and needed to learn how.
But all I learned is that I have to over simplify the lesson, yell like a drill sergeant, and reduce class content. I’m exhausted like I taught five classes not just two. The age range in my classes are 9-14.
It takes 5 minutes of corralling and yelling to engage them, they’re always late. I have to step-by-step individually coach each kid through each exercise, other than tag, group exercises are hopeless, they don’t like trying new things, they refuse to do things they think they’re bad at, and they’re always tired (these are after school classes).
A kid asked to do an advanced exercise. Sure, show me the base skills required for safety. They couldn’t do them. No problem, let’s work on those. Kid doesn’t like doing the base skills and refuses. Doesn’t want to do the advanced skill anymore either and complains they’re bored.
Then parents complain that their kid isn’t feeling challenged and they’re bored in class. WTF. Your kid doesn’t want to be here and doesn’t like the sport!!
I have a few kids who are keen and actually put in effort. Up to a year ago most of my class was that type, then that number started shrinking as more non-tryers joined and dragged down the class. I don’t blame the keen kids for leaving. I’m leaving. But what is with this surge in kids that hate trying?
Repeating stories, almost verbatim. Stories about their childhood, life, parents, extended family, etc.. usually stories that make them or their lineage look good.
They may even adopt aspects of these anecdotes as usernames, email addresses, or accessories to their appearance.
Regular people do this too sometimes, but this has been a common trait I’ve seen in every narcissist. Oh, and they tend to only focus on the men in these stories.
I have a lot of energy for a 44y/o and my work, a fitness venue, “groomed” me to run the highest impact and risky fitness classes for the kids that no other adult could or wanted to do.
It was fun in its own way, and I came to like the personalities of the kids. I treated them like mini adults and didn’t always remember not to swear.
But the difference between the adult and kid classes is that the adults WANT to be there. They chose to take the class and pay money for it. The kids, while interested in the sport, did not choose to be there and have no investment.
I gave it my all for two years, but have told my work that I will no longer do the kids classes. Surprisingly, they understood and empathised with my feelings. Most everyone at the venue is either childfree or an empty nester. So they get it and aren’t mad.
But yeah, kids are a lot of one-sided investment with little to no return. Their constant attitude of groaning about the drills and finding ways to cheat is exhausting and became a bit depressing. Thankfully I teach adult classes too and knew that my coaching style wasn’t awful. It’s just how kids are.
Dunno how parents do it 24/7 for decades.