Comments on: Learning to Fall http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/03/12/learning-to-fall/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:24:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Doug Noon http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/03/12/learning-to-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-81332 Doug Noon Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:24:54 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/03/12/learning-to-fall/#comment-81332 Christine, I'm impressed. I'm impressed because swimming is very difficult to learn. I used to be a swimming instructor, but I was never a racer. I watched the competitive swimmers to try and see what they were doing. But it's so complicated. They seemed as slippery as eels, the way they glided so effortlessly through the water. The hardest part of boarding and skiing difficult terrain, for me, with all the falling, is to keep from getting down on myself and quitting. Stay with it. And good luck in your triathlon. I can't wait for the weather to warm up enough, and the roads to dry out, so I can get on my bike again. Christine, I’m impressed. I’m impressed because swimming is very difficult to learn. I used to be a swimming instructor, but I was never a racer. I watched the competitive swimmers to try and see what they were doing. But it’s so complicated. They seemed as slippery as eels, the way they glided so effortlessly through the water.

The hardest part of boarding and skiing difficult terrain, for me, with all the falling, is to keep from getting down on myself and quitting. Stay with it. And good luck in your triathlon. I can’t wait for the weather to warm up enough, and the roads to dry out, so I can get on my bike again.

]]> By: Christine http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/03/12/learning-to-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-81325 Christine Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:58:43 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/03/12/learning-to-fall/#comment-81325 I agree with your suggestion to try and learn something that doesn't come easily. For me it isn't snowboarding, but swimming that is difficult. I am a runner, but this spring I'm training with some friends for a triathlon. Swimming is the most frustrating element for me. It seems no matter how much effort I put in, it's impossible to make myself move through the water as quickly as I'd like. Sometimes I think about quitting and wonder why I bother rolling out of bed at 5:30 am to hit the pool before the school day starts. Now when I head out in the early morning I'll try to "roll" with it and remember how many of my students will feel when I break out the Shakespeare or assign their research project. I agree with your suggestion to try and learn something that doesn’t come easily. For me it isn’t snowboarding, but swimming that is difficult. I am a runner, but this spring I’m training with some friends for a triathlon. Swimming is the most frustrating element for me. It seems no matter how much effort I put in, it’s impossible to make myself move through the water as quickly as I’d like. Sometimes I think about quitting and wonder why I bother rolling out of bed at 5:30 am to hit the pool before the school day starts. Now when I head out in the early morning I’ll try to “roll” with it and remember how many of my students will feel when I break out the Shakespeare or assign their research project.

]]> By: Inspiration « Web 2.0 and Beyond http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/03/12/learning-to-fall/comment-page-1/#comment-79003 Inspiration « Web 2.0 and Beyond Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:05:16 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/03/12/learning-to-fall/#comment-79003 [...] I read something that inspired me to write about my own learning experience. Doug wrote about learning to fall : I believe that teachers should try to learn something that’s hard, every once in a while. And [...] [...] I read something that inspired me to write about my own learning experience. Doug wrote about learning to fall : I believe that teachers should try to learn something that’s hard, every once in a while. And [...]

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