I probably have many of them as well, you can ask my lovely Matilda that spent her IDC writing them down. ..
Life is full of things that come out and we surely need to write them down. .. because even in a stressful situation. .. They are hilarious. ..
When I was teaching one of my open water student in Menorca. I was explaining the compass skill, and her face went blank, she looked at me and asked:
" so if I follow my bubbles. .. I won't find the boat back? "
What can you answer to that?
Or not so long ago, we arrived to the IE. One of my dear student had the CESA. The tide was so low that the sea looked super far away.
It was 7h30 am, not enough coffee, nerves only nerves for them but for me too.
I grabbed his arm and said, please, tide is low check the depth, and I carry on towards the coffee shop. But he stopped.
So I came back and asked him, what is wrong? Did you forget something.
And he said: no, but is the tide not only affect the surface?
What can you do? I just started laughing ( nervous laugh. .. They are my kids, remember? ) and walked. .. then he came running and said: oh my god, I need coffee! Yes you do!
We all have this thing. .. This fantastic moment of saying something totally surrealistic.
This moments make my day, my life. .. and for sure my challenge!
When you decide to become a teacher, any teacher, you look at standarise systems. And you soon realise, that no one is standard.
So you play with your tools to make your best music!
I love it!
Strange questions that make me think, smile, put my face of: seriously? ?????
Because teachers, we are not standard either. Because we get lost, we can forget and we learn everyday.
We learn from all of you.
We talk and talk. .. but listen and listen to.
And is in the listening moment:
That we really become your teacher!
So thank you guys to make us better everyday!
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