Paola to Manhattan
Apparently Sensei Richard is retiring this semester, and I may get his location in Paola.... moved to Tuesday nights this fall. Found this out today, that well I would be the only instructor to have 6 days a week classes. I'll admit it's a little over the top awesome, and frightening at the same time... mostly because I'll then be the Lawrence, Topeka, St. Joe, and Paola instructor... what a mouthful, especially at tournaments.
then Jesse dropped a bomb on Wednesday night about not wanting to teach in Manhattan. Unfortunately she didn't realize how hard it is to get an instructor out there. My only hope is that by Monday she is out of the funk she is in, after being around her own aged people for the time she's had off. She realized what everyone does, and that work = not as much free time, and a real job = responsibility. She did what I thought as well, and placed most of the unspoken blame on Will. Him not following his dreams through her eyes, his not maybe going to K-State in the spring, and her not being able to get there another way (mind you she still hasn't even earned her permit). I talked with her apparently not knowing I was asking the right questions about her intentions and reasons without actually doing so, and got a lot of information. Now just how I redirect this one who is so obsessed with being young and in the now, and enjoying it when she wants to, damning all responsibilities she can, but wanting the responsibilities none the less. She was clearly in a depressive mode last week and before realizing "all" that she's been missing out on, and realizing she wants to "hang out" and party more. Of course that is what most of us do in our youth, damn responsibility and relish in our lack of commitments to anyone other than ourselves. So after a few weeks of damning responsibility and realizing she wants to do so much with her life in so many directions that she can't choose one, she has again opted for indecision. As a teacher I wonder if I can nudge her the right way back onto a path. For as of currently her soul searching has left even her martial knowledge lacking, humility isn't there for someone who wants things to be equal, and she cannot accept her own shortcomings, desiring to be better than everyone else, but not focusing on any of her ambitions.
How can I help her realize that you can change your goals, but first you must have one. At least to focus on.
then Jesse dropped a bomb on Wednesday night about not wanting to teach in Manhattan. Unfortunately she didn't realize how hard it is to get an instructor out there. My only hope is that by Monday she is out of the funk she is in, after being around her own aged people for the time she's had off. She realized what everyone does, and that work = not as much free time, and a real job = responsibility. She did what I thought as well, and placed most of the unspoken blame on Will. Him not following his dreams through her eyes, his not maybe going to K-State in the spring, and her not being able to get there another way (mind you she still hasn't even earned her permit). I talked with her apparently not knowing I was asking the right questions about her intentions and reasons without actually doing so, and got a lot of information. Now just how I redirect this one who is so obsessed with being young and in the now, and enjoying it when she wants to, damning all responsibilities she can, but wanting the responsibilities none the less. She was clearly in a depressive mode last week and before realizing "all" that she's been missing out on, and realizing she wants to "hang out" and party more. Of course that is what most of us do in our youth, damn responsibility and relish in our lack of commitments to anyone other than ourselves. So after a few weeks of damning responsibility and realizing she wants to do so much with her life in so many directions that she can't choose one, she has again opted for indecision. As a teacher I wonder if I can nudge her the right way back onto a path. For as of currently her soul searching has left even her martial knowledge lacking, humility isn't there for someone who wants things to be equal, and she cannot accept her own shortcomings, desiring to be better than everyone else, but not focusing on any of her ambitions.
How can I help her realize that you can change your goals, but first you must have one. At least to focus on.
posted by Ev|Gen|us at 23:10
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She's been talking about not taking it for a couple of weeks. I have to go to work, so I might add more later, but darn the responsibility.
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