How in the World Do They Do It?

i have the absolute greatest major in the world: elementary education. i am utterly ecstatic that for the rest of my life i can re-live my glory days; but this time, i will be the tall one on campus! no more being the victim of cruel and unusual punishment for being vastly tinier than everyone else for this chick... i am moving up the totem pole! (on a side note: i have forgiven you, past tormentors of elementary school, and i only hope your children will be in my class. ha! take that!) just kidding, i would never. oooooooorrr would i?! anywho! being an el ed major means i get the joyous opportunity to take the coolest classes ever. i am not even biased or anything!(that's a lie) some of them include art studio for el ed majors which is simply 3 hours of doing kid-friendly art projects that turn out AMAZING! and a p.e. class for el ed majors. going into the class i was like the rest of you, thinking "pshh! think will be a piece of cake! what a joke!" i was wrong. this class is ridiculous and every monday/wednesday when i am trudging up the rb stairs after class i think to myself, "how do little kids do this so effortlessly?!?!" i have yet to find an answer to that question... but that class has revealed some  gems unto me. here they are.

1. i am not nearly as in shape as i thought i was. i used to pride myself on the fact that i am an avid runner, hiker, dancer and a dabbler in practically every sport imaginable... but now i realized that all of those activities do not hold a dime to hula-hooping for seven minutes straight and crab walking around the gym for half of class.

2. my complaining seems to have hit an all time high in this class. when an activity goes on for longer than i find necessary in class (because the world should live according to my time, right?) i begin whispering under my breath in a spiteful tone, "okay, lets move on. now." most of the time when i say this is when i am not mastering a certain activity, by the way.

3. little kids are freaks of nature, and i say that in the most complimentary way possible. i promise.  they have so much energy, so much endurance! they can physically handle sprinting to corners of a gym for thirty minutes and then ask if they can play some more! what. the. heck. this class has made me realize how little humans, no they aren't even humans, little creatures (said in the nicest way possible, again) can endure an extensive amount of activity and finish it with the biggest, brightest and most infectious smiles. i commend you, little creatures. you make me want to be a better, bigger creature.

one thing that hasn't changed since my days at eucalyptus elementary is the fact that i am still lethally competitive. that will never change. but since i am competing my heart out with my other classmates for two hours, i come home looking like this.... 

and this...

i did move a little bit, though... so it is an improvement.