Bicycling class in high school
11-03-23, 02:52 PM
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I feel ya. I worked my ass off to become solidly mediocre (by crappy local rock/blues band standards), and probably could have improved more, but it never came easy.
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11-03-23, 07:49 PM
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I always think it'd be cool to start a cycling club at my daughter's high school. As a parent advisor, I'd break it down into 3 parts. Bicycle safety/handling, bicycle fitness/nutrition and bicycle mechanics/maintenance. It'd be like an after school club (bootcamp) that would focus on discipline, awareness, physical training and skills development. I'd probably have them train on steel 1x gravel bikes for ultimate durability, ease of maintenance and terrain flexibility. I'd even make them hit the gym for strength training and put them on a nutrition regiment. Seriously, I see just how intense my kids' soccer program is and I wish I could see that same kind of focus on bikes!
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11-04-23, 05:54 AM
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I watched a documentary the other day on iconic rock drummers. Watching the likes of Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, John Bonham and Stewart Copeland puts it in perspective. Same with guitarists, singers, pianists etc, etc. My two daughters (11 and 14) are currently learning piano and they don't have any particular talent for it. They are both at grade 3 like most other kids their age. Meanwhile there's a boy in my older daughter's class who is already off the charts and can fluently play piano, guitar, drums and whatever else he picks up effortlessly. The natural talent is just obvious. He played a piano piece recently at a school competition and all the parents were just sat stunned at his ability.
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11-05-23, 02:28 PM
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...so here's a story. It's a true story, but take it FWIW. When I was on the bike co-op board of directors here, we used to fund various community projects. (We had money then.)
A few kids from the local "alternative" high school (students able to somewhat tailor their own curriculum, if they meet certain basic educational goals...so mostly smart kids who know they want something different), came to us with a plan to install a basic bicycle mechanics shop in one of the empty rooms of the school. They had some sort of faculty advisor guy who would supervise, and the plan was for kids to learn bike mechanics in there, were they interested in it. We spent several thousand dollars buying the tools for a very basic, but solid, repair shop.
It worked for about four months, then the administration of the school shut it down over liability and insurance concerns. They just locked it up, and we never did get the tools back, to use at the bike co-op. It was sad, but I understand the concerns. I hope, at least, that some of the students were able to sneak in there and fix their own bikes after that. I don't really know, I kind of lost interest after that.
A few kids from the local "alternative" high school (students able to somewhat tailor their own curriculum, if they meet certain basic educational goals...so mostly smart kids who know they want something different), came to us with a plan to install a basic bicycle mechanics shop in one of the empty rooms of the school. They had some sort of faculty advisor guy who would supervise, and the plan was for kids to learn bike mechanics in there, were they interested in it. We spent several thousand dollars buying the tools for a very basic, but solid, repair shop.
It worked for about four months, then the administration of the school shut it down over liability and insurance concerns. They just locked it up, and we never did get the tools back, to use at the bike co-op. It was sad, but I understand the concerns. I hope, at least, that some of the students were able to sneak in there and fix their own bikes after that. I don't really know, I kind of lost interest after that.
11-06-23, 11:29 AM
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...I think he has a hard job. He's sitting in an office, trying to make as many people happy as is required to keep the place open. It's an "alternative" high school, so there are always issues. https://www.metsacramento.org/
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