In my Monday morning exercise class we don't use equipment so I decided to take my own weights this morning to give my arms a better workout.
At the end of the session the teacher said, 'Now, some of you have asked me about bringing your own weights - and I said no.' At this point she waved in my direction and mouthed, 'It's alright.'
And everybody turned to look at me.
Have you ever wanted the ground to swallow you up?
I did think she could have spoken quietly to me at the end but as the woman working next me to said, 'Having seen yours, I was going to bring my weights next week so it's good she said that to everyone.'
All the same.
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Busy weekend with GrandSon1's birthday party yesterday. Younger Son and family weren't able to come as Grandson4 was struck down with a throat virus. Disappointing for us all as I want to pack in as many things as I can before they move.
GrandSon4 seems better now although his tonsils are still swollen, bless him.
I forgot my diet for the day as 'dirty' burgers were dished up. Apparently that means burgers with lots of stuff on them rather than ones that had been on the floor.
Beef-burger, cheese, bacon, home-smoked pulled pork. Laden with fat and delicious.
As was the home-made ice cream although I did somehow manage to resist the muffie (a cookie made in a muffin tin - Elder Son's own invention). Not looking forward to weigh-in tonight although most of the rest of the week was okay foodwise. We shall see.
11 comments:
The dirty burgers sound delicious though the name might be off-putting for some. Not me.
Indeed, marie. They were delicious.
I think your exercise leader should have approached you individually as soon as she saw you using your weights and simply got you to put them off to the side (not waited until the every end of the class). No need to make a big deal of it and others would have "got the message" that way too, I think.
Perhaps, Debra. She's very nice but very safety conscious. Overly maybe.
Perhaps teacher should have said why no weights rather than embarrass someone. Poor teaching ability in my thoughts - perhaps good at doing exercises but not a good teacher.
Never any need to embarrass a student. Never. This is terrible teaching practice. Especially when she then said it's alright! She'd never see me again!
I've taught hundreds of adults, art workshops, and I'm very attuned to the vulnerability of adults learning and putting themselves out there. An apology is due you. Yes, I feel protective to you!
Well, the leader certainly put you on display. I hate it when that happens to me, but it's usually because someone points out something strange about me, such as the second and third heads I grew with each dose of the vaccine.
Love,
Janie
Thanks all for your support!
Not a kind way to do things by your instructor.
PipeTobacco
Embarrassment has taught me a few good lessons, although I can understand why one might object. I do recall one embarrassing situation (not at my own expense) where an integral calculus professor made fun of the only other woman in the class by making reference to her anatomy. That was totally uncalled for.
Fortunately, my few embarrassing moments were caused by chides that addressed something that I had done/not done rather than any flaw in my person. [Paraphrased question from prof: Ms CC, who's responsible for the insufficient state of your knowledge of (fill-in-the-blank-because-I-don't-remember) math? Me: I am. One can bet that I fixed my state of knowledge in short order. The prof proved himself an ally when he served on my thesis committee a year later.] ; )
Somehow, the first sentence of my previous comment failed to show up in the published comment. I must have deleted it without noticing. My bad.
It is too bad that the exercise instructor didn't follow the rule of comportment that advises one to correct people in private; and let's hope that by chatting with your instructor you can teach her a bit.
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