I definitely have the coolest students EVER. They all went out after class to a bar. And they invited me and one of their other instructors. They continually amaze me with how open they are. They just talk to me, like I am a person not the "evil" instructor ready to indoctrinate them to liberal propaganda...
I have always believed that education is a collaborative effort, no matter what level it is at or in what venue (formal or informal). It is a two-way street, it takes a willing teacher and a willing student. Without those two things, it just can't work. Now sometimes the student is unwilling but the teacher can help encourage them to want to learn by finding something to catch their interest. However, that takes a teacher that will give 100% to his/her job. My students make my job too easy, I don't have to work to catch their interest, they ARE interested. Even more important, they are INTERESTING. They each have a story and are so willing to share and to let me know them. I find I am caught and can't wait for the next two years as they tell me all about them and teach ME whatever they want me to know.
Maybe by next year, they will join me and start a mountain biking club :-) (or maybe not)...
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Hey, if you happen to bike out in Snoqualmie Valley, just let me know...I'll join ya...:-) Oh, and it's nice and flat on the trail, but you won't catch me on the roads. I think people who bike on our roads out here have a death wish. One week this summer TWO bikers died on the highway.
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