It was pretty interesting teaching a new student. I’d gotten so used to Lauren’s way of traveling that it was really a challenge reading Amber’s cues. Since I’m not so great at reading body language anyway, she really threw me a few times, and I had no clue why she was doing what she was doing. I was really relieved when Mickey took over because I really felt like I wasn’t doing a good job of teaching her by the end.
Amber really did a great job, especially at the beginning of her route. It was interesting to see how something as simple as veering while crossing can really throw off the whole route and lesson. Seeing how much trouble crossing got her into, it really makes sense to take the time to practice the fundamentals, like Mickey suggested. After she feels better about crossing, she’ll cross more confidently, and likely, more accurately.
After watching Amber get bogged down in the details when she got lost made me think of how important it can be to make purposeful movements. I know from when I’ve been lost that you can stay in one spot too long, and if you do, you get overwhelmed with the information and the fact that you’re lost. You get that self-doubt going, and you don’t have any new information to help you get reoriented. Of course, when you move, that new movement has to be deliberate, or you just end up in more trouble than when you started. But still, when you’re super lost, you don’t have much to lose by moving a bit and seeing what new information you can gather.
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