Josh Thurman
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No, it does not. Yeah. I used to enjoy seeing students in that cycle and then I would try to just really help them and assist them deeper. Yes. It's shocking to me the number of people, it's, oh, somebody, you know, they made me quit. I'm like, I want you to sit with that for a second and let's really determine how who made the decision to quit.
No, it does not. Yeah. I used to enjoy seeing students in that cycle and then I would try to just really help them and assist them deeper. Yes. It's shocking to me the number of people, it's, oh, somebody, you know, they made me quit. I'm like, I want you to sit with that for a second and let's really determine how who made the decision to quit.
Because I've never seen an instructor grab a student's hand and put it on the bell.
Because I've never seen an instructor grab a student's hand and put it on the bell.
Because I've never seen an instructor grab a student's hand and put it on the bell.
Probably because we're not allowed to. But, you know. For sure. Nobody makes you quit. No. You make the choice. Somebody can drive you to a place where you make that decision. But that's a tough conversation to have with people. Yeah. Because they'll get into those spirals. And it's amazing to see there's this minigun of excuses just. Yeah.
Probably because we're not allowed to. But, you know. For sure. Nobody makes you quit. No. You make the choice. Somebody can drive you to a place where you make that decision. But that's a tough conversation to have with people. Yeah. Because they'll get into those spirals. And it's amazing to see there's this minigun of excuses just. Yeah.
Probably because we're not allowed to. But, you know. For sure. Nobody makes you quit. No. You make the choice. Somebody can drive you to a place where you make that decision. But that's a tough conversation to have with people. Yeah. Because they'll get into those spirals. And it's amazing to see there's this minigun of excuses just. Yeah.
And it all terminates in ringing the bell three times and somebody else's fault. It's like, that's unfortunately not how it works.
And it all terminates in ringing the bell three times and somebody else's fault. It's like, that's unfortunately not how it works.
And it all terminates in ringing the bell three times and somebody else's fault. It's like, that's unfortunately not how it works.
Sometimes you got to let the students work it out. Yeah. Like on a hell week shift, maybe just let them go do a little bit of a paddle and they do an oar fight first, you know, and somebody comes in a little battered and bruised and heads towards the bell. There's things you can do as an instructor and there's things you can hand back over to the class.
Sometimes you got to let the students work it out. Yeah. Like on a hell week shift, maybe just let them go do a little bit of a paddle and they do an oar fight first, you know, and somebody comes in a little battered and bruised and heads towards the bell. There's things you can do as an instructor and there's things you can hand back over to the class.
Sometimes you got to let the students work it out. Yeah. Like on a hell week shift, maybe just let them go do a little bit of a paddle and they do an oar fight first, you know, and somebody comes in a little battered and bruised and heads towards the bell. There's things you can do as an instructor and there's things you can hand back over to the class.
I mean, we, we would do that in our boat crew, like sitting into the side as an instructor and watching the class, uh, Because as an instructor, you'd see, especially in Hell Week, because Hell Week is about five days long. It's a 24-hour evolution. And so all of the phases have to augment, because there's just not enough first phase staff. So I didn't know any of the fucking students, right?
I mean, we, we would do that in our boat crew, like sitting into the side as an instructor and watching the class, uh, Because as an instructor, you'd see, especially in Hell Week, because Hell Week is about five days long. It's a 24-hour evolution. And so all of the phases have to augment, because there's just not enough first phase staff. So I didn't know any of the fucking students, right?
I mean, we, we would do that in our boat crew, like sitting into the side as an instructor and watching the class, uh, Because as an instructor, you'd see, especially in Hell Week, because Hell Week is about five days long. It's a 24-hour evolution. And so all of the phases have to augment, because there's just not enough first phase staff. So I didn't know any of the fucking students, right?
It's hundreds of kids, largely. So there's no way for me to identify who is really a top performer versus who the class doesn't like. But if you were to sit back and watch, you could find these little nucleus of boat crews doing
It's hundreds of kids, largely. So there's no way for me to identify who is really a top performer versus who the class doesn't like. But if you were to sit back and watch, you could find these little nucleus of boat crews doing
It's hundreds of kids, largely. So there's no way for me to identify who is really a top performer versus who the class doesn't like. But if you were to sit back and watch, you could find these little nucleus of boat crews doing