Took my medical terminolgy midterm today and......it wasn't that bad. At all. I think I got a B which is good considering I was hoping for a C. Which is bad b/c I'm not a C student. But it think it went well. The instructor was going to lecture after but I left b/c......he tells way too many stories and the class just drags on. 4 hours of stories and him reading the textbook to us is torture. It really is. I actually go home with a headache so I just end up leaving during the 10 minute break. I ...
An important sign of an athlete's maturity and confidence is his ability to set goals. The only real goals of a child learning to fence is (rightly) to learn something new and have fun. He may dream of one day becoming Olympic Champion--and such dreams are important for excitement and motivation, but they cannot yet be called goals. The mature (or maturing) fencer must move beyond dreaming. In order to transform a dream into a goal, the athlete has to commit to a plan. You may dream ...
"Being bad at something is no reason to give it up." -Alf Being a coach I of course want my fencers to do well, to perform actions correctly, to win. But more importantly however, and prior to any of this I want them to enjoy the sport. Most fencers I teach come from a very sedentary lifestyle, so getting them to wield a blade helps to disguise the fact they are getting good exercise, learning a technical skill and maybe even learning to think about what another ...
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