Re: [Paddlewise] When to say "no"

From: Gary J. MacDonald <garyj_at_rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:00:40 -0400
Niels Blaauw wrote about some dandy students:

> There must be other instructors around, struggling with the same
> problem: Not only dangerous students, but also people that don't seem to
> want to learn, or that you just dislike. I'd like to hear how other
> people handle that. Does anybody use a medical check? A questionary? A
> practical test? Ever told anybody "Do yourself a favor, join a chess
> club"?

With my club ww canoeing program I remember a woman who wanted to get 
into ww open canoeing, but who couldn't put her head underwater to swim 
under a line of canoes moored across a pool.  After several tries she 
got out of the pool and went home.

GaryJ
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