Last Class....time is runnin' down

On Tuesday after our day off, I woke up for the last time in my high school for first period.....It was a bittersweet ending to a great year of WISE, but emotions of moving on definitely surrounded all of the students in the class. We discussed the usual topics, deadlines, dates, and so forth. We also talked about the sample presentation that Carrie had completed. My classmates and I provided Ms. G with pro's and con's of the presentation, and compiled a great list. Most of the feedback I had already mentioned in my previous blog post, so I was ahead of the game! We moved on to talking about student evaluators, community evaluators (making sure you have one), and of course the final write-up pieces. For myself, my papers are due on Monday, great timing because its senior skip day...but oh well. I find myself at this point in a scramble, but in the end I will without a doubt pull it off. It was once said, "life without WISE class in the morning is like peanut butter without jelly." JK they didn't say that, I made it up, but what I'm trying to get at is I'm going to miss it!


On another note, I am sorry for the lack of posts this week. It has been filled with the senior week extravaganza's, and tiredness.

On Tuesday I was planning on attending the baseball with Kim, but at the last minute we found it was moved to IC. That was disappointing, but I thought why not just stick with Kim the rest of the day. On Tuesday, it was about 90 degrees outside, and 15 degrees hotter on the turf. In fact, Kim made me check the "real temperature" which indicates the heat increase on a sporting field. She then began to tell me how important it is to know this number, and tend to the athletes if it's a scorching hot day. So that we did, Kim and another helper were filling water bottles, and large amounts of coolers to bring out to the track. As for me, I was busy ripping towels to make cold towels in a cooler, a special treat from Kim to the lacrosse players. We then ventured out to the track and set up a water station filled with gatorade, water coolers, and cold towels. The small amount of runners still competing enjoyed the water and often drenched themselves, bolted back on the track, and continued their workout. The one thing that Kim loves the most about her job, is appreciation, and the lacrosse boys sure gave it to her. The cold towels caught on like rapid fire, and many of the athletes were playing with them on their necks all of practice. "Little things like that, can just make me so happy", Kim expressed to me the factor of athlete appreciation. She also told me the importance of hydration, and especially to maintain a good source of water before, and after athletic play. Small pieces of advice like these, can contribute to so much more in my future, and I truly cherish Kim's words.