Thursday

            I was more nervous than I anticipated teaching Lauren on Friday.  When trying to plan out how to teach her, I was overwhelmed.  There were so many options, and I had a hard time sorting out all the options.  I know that I needed to be decisive, but that just wasn’t happening.  So, maybe the lesson from Thursday is that I should go with the gut instinct and see what happens.  I know that, like with learning any complicated skill, you’ve just got to give it a try and then reevaluate what you’re going and try again.  I think perhaps I’m struggling a bit with the fact that there isn’t really an absolute right way to teach a route.  I’m just a tad overwhelmed with getting it right.

            I was very uncomfortable keeping Lauren safe on the stairs, especially at first.  I’m sure she could tell; I’m sure everyone could tell.  It kind of a big deal, someone depending on me to keep them safe, and I didn’t want to take it lightly.  I know that my own worry about keeping myself stable on the stairs makes it hard to feel comfortable keeping someone else safe doing the same.   I’m gonna have to work on it. 

           

            It was really nice that Lauren was so successful in learning her route.  I think it was good for us both.  Though, I will say that I felt it was more due to Lauren’s skill than my teaching.  Still, she didn’t die, and I did teach her something, so perhaps I was more successful than I thought. 

            I really liked the quick lesson in my building.  It was nice to be successful and learn a few new things.  After having a pretty frustrating end to my last lesson, it was nice to go back and be successful in a short period of time.  I was cool to expand my understanding of the building, even if it was just learning what the other side of the hallway was like.