Author's Notes

Blog 10/25/14

Hahahaha...have not done one of these in just about...forever. SO, here we go...

-School-

I'm sorry, but do teachers not expect us to have other things outside of homework for their specific and designated classes? For instance, I had a day already where I had to turn in four different assignments just for my English class. And another point is I am a designer for my school's yearbook. I had missed three vital work days for the pre-design work while on a college visit, and she expected me to actually do them. I had talked it over with her prior to leaving, and we had come to what I thought had been a mutual agreement, but I guess not.

For once, PE is great. I feel as though I have a lot of friends in that class, but no enemies (isn't that surprising?). PhantomHollow is one of my station partners. Sorry Phantom (Murmur). For some reason she hates the word murmur. For those of you who know her personally, please just walk up to her and say it. The reaction is worthwhile.

-Soccer-

My club team is being trained by a college coach whom is not currently in season. He is fine and all, other than the fact that he does not support any of the girls. He usually never has anything good to say, and if frustrates everyone. He at one point had made me so angry, I ended up yelling at my dad as he was picking me up from my practice. I find that the best response and support from a team is given when, and only when, you give your team support.

-Work-

For those of you whom work to help the general public, I empathize with you. During the summer, and even now, I teach young children to swim. May not sound too difficult, but I have quite a history of near-drowns, scars, and many other mishaps during my line of work. People are a pain in the arse (which is why I almost prefer socializing via the internet). I feel bad for those of you who have to handle the parent's food. First reason to stay away from my job:

1) Kids have no sense of self defense. Their first natural reaction in any dangerous situation where they are frightened, is to bite. And not lightly. I have two scars from children deciding my arms were popsicle sticks. (Yes. They bit me). I ended up having to go to the Lifeguards' station to get it bandaged.

2) Children do not understand buoyancy. A guard tube is most likely the best thing to jump to off a diving board than a person, right? Not for the kids. I had to catch children jumping off our diving board to get them to trust that the water couldn't hurt them. Since these kids were bigger, we had to use the guard tubes for them to jump to. This nine year old boy comes to the edge of the diving board. He decides I am safer to jump to. As a result of being in a 12 foot deep well, and myself only being 5 foot 6, we both went under water. In the end, two guards had to come help me. One to pry the kid off my face, the other to help me out of the water so I could breathe.

3) Kids do not listen. When the instructor tells you to hold onto the wall while you're in a pool where you can't touch the bottom, what's your first reaction? While I was working with one of his classmates, this young boy decided he didn't need a teacher to help him swim. And he went under. I basically had to throw the child I was working with to another teacher, and swim across the pool to pull him up. He came out coughing and spewing, and not too much later, started crying. I am lucky I still have my job. The parent decided it was my fault her kid was half-deaf, and didn't listen to my instructions.

4) Even if a kid looks big enough to the point that they will float, do not assume they will. I subbed for one of my coworkers just last week, and she had a fairly large kid in her group. In the last five minutes of the lesson, we play games. We played a game to get the kids used to jumping in the water to a stationary teacher (which means I can touch the bottom). It was this girl's turn, and it did not go well. She fell through my arms as I tried to catch her, and just kept sinking. IT WAS LIKE TRYING TO CATCH A BABY BEAR.

I want to be done with people....