I thought my friend liked me, until she invited me to her exercise class. It was an invitation designed to undermine any thoughts I had of being 'fit'. An exercise in exhaustion and humility. As I lunged and jumped and leapt and burpied, my body started to tell me that this was ridiculous. It struck me that I was out of my league. I needed scaffolding to get me from my current baseline toward this exercise class. This class was not in my 'zone of proximation'. I suddenly gained an insight and appreciation for that grade five boy who operates at a grade one ability in math and language arts. How overwhelming his day must be. Just as I looked around at all the other participants, so must he, measuring and weighing his abilities and possibly, his worth. I'm experienced enough and have done enough self-searching to be able to own my strengths and weaknesses, yet still was aware of how I stood in relation to the other huffers and puffers. How can I build his resilience as he is faced with school day after day? I don't know, but today reminded me that it is important to remember.
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