Niels, I think you should get a prize for having had some of the weirdest students. Steve Holtzman Southern CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Niels Blaauw The score on 2 years of giving beginners instruction: - 10 nice, playful, enthousiastic students - 5 people who refuse to practice anything - An autistic girl who wants to paddle whitewater - A guy with a kind of brain damage that "shuts down" his brain every once in a while, leaving him unconcious for a minute or so - A guy with fragile bones. He can't walk, and will probably break several bones in a flat water capsise - A girl that just wants to learn to roll, but has a phobia for fish - Some people for whom practicing a capsize is out of the question - A guy that lost his sense of balance in a car accident. He can't ride a bicycle any more, but is confident he can learn to paddle - A lady that refuses to use her paddle. She seems to think the boat should move by itself. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 25 2003 - 16:35:06 PDT
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