We All Teach the Same Way

Last year in August and September, I blogged about the different types of exercisers I've encountered at the gym. This post revealed what type I am, and it still holds true.

Today I realized that I'm that student in a class (exercise classes, anyway) which encourages the teachers to teach others...what not to do. Invariably, during any session, the instructor will move toward my position to model the moves of the moment.

Now, I always exercise tucked away in the farthest corner because I know what an idiot I can look like as I flail around, totally backward from what the others are doing. I don't think it's a coincidence that the instructors always work their way toward my general location; it must be a conscious decision. I dunno, maybe that's just my paranoia of all things athletic kicking in.

How does this relate to other teaching? ESL teachers, how many times in your classes has one student made some horrible error that you then turn into a mini-lesson for the whole class? It's much more beneficial to instruct everyone instead of singling out the accused and risking a loss of the student's self-confidence.

I like to think I provide this opportunity for my exercise instructors to show the rest of the class how things should be done. Then again, I could just be imagining things!

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