I have to reprimend a student

[karatemom]

We have a rule at our school that if you are more than 10 min late you can't take class.
It's funny you mention this because today we got a lecture about quiting and not doing the entire workout, which I've been known to do; give up/not finish crunches, jumpropes or inchworms just because I can't breathe (overweight) and am 2-3x older than most of the students who just rush through the warmups. But today I finished everything! even though I was the last one finished and they were all looking at me waiting for me to finish. I felt really good! I think you did the right thing.

 

[Daniel Sullivan]

And at long last, the real karatemom has stood up!

Daniel

 

[jks9199]

We have a rule at our school that if you are more than 10 min late you can't take class.
It's funny you mention this because today we got a lecture about quiting and not doing the entire workout, which I've been known to do; give up/not finish crunches, jumpropes or inchworms just because I can't breathe (overweight) and am 2-3x older than most of the students who just rush through the warmups. But today I finished everything! even though I was the last one finished and they were all looking at me waiting for me to finish. I felt really good! I think you did the right thing.

Do you do as much as you can? Is it a little more each week? If so -- you're fine. I don't personally expect every student to be equally physically capable, but I do expect them to do their best and to push themselves.

 

[shesulsa]

Do you do as much as you can? Is it a little more each week? If so -- you're fine. I don't personally expect every student to be equally physically capable, but I do expect them to do their best and to push themselves.

QFT

I have some students who are more physically fit than others and there are two or three students who specifically were *very* difficult to get moving through the exercise/warmup portion. One little boy I had to chase the whole way until he finished. It was a chore and made other students jealous, but it had to be done. He was very young - just eight (and a young eight at that) and he would be happy to just sit out class until game time, then try to come back into the class. I denied him. Over time, he now at least keeps up and is not consistently the last one lagging behind holding everyone else up. It has been a LONG road.

That said - he was huffing and puffing. I pushed him to do as much as he could - not always as much as everyone else, but to do the exercises correctly and consistently and to make a sincere effort. I don't punish sincere effort if it's not the same in quantity or agility as the sportos ... but if a student is just lazy, they sit out. I usually pick those days to have extra long games at the end of class.

 

[andyjeffries]

And at long last, the real karatemom has stood up!

I was thinking the same thing :uhyeah: