Hurdles? Scraped Knees AND Finishing

3/10/14 Hurdles? Scraped Knees AND Finishing

 

The best hurdlers in the world still have permanently scraped and scarred knees. The winner of a particular race may have still knocked over some of the hurdles. We will all always have barriers to our success. As educators, we must also encourage our students and give them tools; to be able to glide over, run around and even bust through the hurdles while also picking themselves back up after falling. We are coaches and emergency responders. We must draw on a stocked well of ideas for new methods to perceive the hurdles our students face. We must hope for the best and plan for the worst far ahead of time, so we can be prepared for any eventuality. We run parallel with our students. We will fall, too. We must dust ourselves off and deal with our own scraped knees while simultaneously lending a hand. We will all bear these scars and grow stronger for having persevered, yet we only win when EVERYONE finishes. Then we all win.