Hmm… this teaching thing is hard to do! When I was teaching Lauren on Thursday, I wasn’t sure what to say, if I was saying too much, or if I wasn’t saying enough. The words coming out of my mouth seemed very uncomfortable; nothing flowed naturally. It’s so hard to keep everything in your mind. You have to think about what to say, not say too much, monitor the student’s safety, and be mentally ahead of the student. It’s just about as exhausting as being the one under blindfold. When Lauren ventured out into the road, I didn’t know how to respond. Should I stop her? Well, at least not right away; she has to figure out her error. But, then, she just kept going down the street, and then the car was coming… I had a little bit of an explosion in my head, I was so overwhelmed with all the options. I mean, it’s obviously going to be different in each instance, but that just makes it a bit more intimidating. Because really, Lauren wasn’t able to determine she wasn’t safe in the road, until… well, she wasn’t safe in the road. So where’s the line for help?
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