Sunday, June 6, 2010
John Wooden
We should all have such a life. Even though I never met him, The Coach has been an enormous inspiration. I'll never live up to his example, but the effort to do so has made me a much better coach, teacher, and man.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
12 MORE DAYS!
12 MORE DAYS!12 MORE DAYS!12 MORE DAYS!12 MORE DAYS!12 MORE DAYS!12 MORE DAYS!12 MORE DAYS!12 MORE DAYS!12 MORE DAYS!12 MORE DAYS!12 MORE DAYS!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Season's End
Well, another track season in the books. I'm quite proud of these kids this year. I'm really gonna miss some of these eighth-graders. We had 28 qualify for conference finals, and had a great showing there.
Decided to have an outdoor ice cream party instead of an indoor pizza party. I think we have started a tradition. After the sappy speech from the head coach, the kids descended upon the ice cream like a pack of wolves on an elk.
When the junk food fix was done, it was a free-for-all on the high jump mats. Once again, it makes me so happy to still see kids have fun and entertain themselves without the aid of modern electronics or without one of us to tell them what to do. No arguments, no fights, just a bunch of kids running around enjoying each other's company.
Decided to have an outdoor ice cream party instead of an indoor pizza party. I think we have started a tradition. After the sappy speech from the head coach, the kids descended upon the ice cream like a pack of wolves on an elk.
When the junk food fix was done, it was a free-for-all on the high jump mats. Once again, it makes me so happy to still see kids have fun and entertain themselves without the aid of modern electronics or without one of us to tell them what to do. No arguments, no fights, just a bunch of kids running around enjoying each other's company.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Flyfishing Final
Well, we did it. The first ever Blaine Middle School flyfishing class was completed today. Back in March we originally had 27 kids (21 boys and 6 girls) sign up for the first class, and today eleven (9 boys and 2 girls) completed their final exam on Silver Lake. We had a blast, with kids fishing from shore, in rowboats, paddle boats, a motor boat, and some goofy, kayak-looking thing. We managed to land over 20 rainbows and cutthroat on flies the kids tied themselves. Ironically, the kids and/or parents who tried bait and lures were way outfished by the ones who stuck with the flies.
Turned out to be a nice day, especially during the mid-day barbecue. It was so very nice to just be able to enjoy being around some of our nicer kids and their families. It does much heart-warming to see these younguns having fun outdoors with no videos or T.V. and where the cell reception is bad enough to keep all of the phones off.
Thanks to Ed Megill, Holly Bullock, Dad and Mary, and also to Klaus, Dan, Larry, and Frank of the Fourth Corner Fly Club. And also a big thanks to Jerry at Kauffmann's for donating a bunch of fine fly-tying material.
Turned out to be a nice day, especially during the mid-day barbecue. It was so very nice to just be able to enjoy being around some of our nicer kids and their families. It does much heart-warming to see these younguns having fun outdoors with no videos or T.V. and where the cell reception is bad enough to keep all of the phones off.
Thanks to Ed Megill, Holly Bullock, Dad and Mary, and also to Klaus, Dan, Larry, and Frank of the Fourth Corner Fly Club. And also a big thanks to Jerry at Kauffmann's for donating a bunch of fine fly-tying material.
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