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The personal trainer visits the classroom

5/18/2013

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I came across the personal trainer analogy and I made it a point to share it with my class of 400 students. (Yes, 400!)

The analogy is simple: 
"My personal trainer will motivate, guide, and correctly train me, but at the end of the day, I am the one who has to workout. Similar to the personal trainers, my teachers will motivate, teach, and correctly train me, but at the end of the day, I am the one who has to do the class work." 

Yesterday, as I was cleaning up my mailbox, I found this note from one of my students:

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As I read the note, I could not help but imagine how powerful the personal trainer analogy is for it captures the very essence of life. As Bob Kelso from the TV series Scrubs once said, "Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy".

To my students: thank you for the kind words, it is a privilege to stand in front of you and share whatever I know. 

1 Comment
Renee M. Byrd
8/9/2013 07:11:16 am

Yes, at the end of the day, we have to do the work:-) Our teachers lead us to the gate, but it is up to us to walk through!

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