Swimming: Test Completed

Whoops! I forgot to post last night... sorry!

I arrived last night to teach the class and was informed that the lady who usually teaches the class was gone to a wedding so I had it COMPLETELY by myself... so I didn't even have anyone there to grade me. It was difficult because it was the second to last class for these kids, and I didn't know anything about them, or what they had learned or anything! I had one 3 year old who was terrified of the water and would cling to me and press his face against mine every time he touched the water. I had another 3 year old who was overly confident and would keep jumping in off the steps. He could keep his head above water for about 5 seconds before sinking... so needless to say, I was CONSTANTLY pulling him out of the water and pulling him back over to the steps. He just wouldn't listen. Then I had a 4 year old girl who wanted to do everything and kept yelling, "I want to do that! Can I go now? Is it my turn? I want to do that!" Occasionally, she would just jump to me even if I wasn't looking. I would hear, "I'm going to jump to you," then turn around just in time to catch her. Another boy would say the same kinds of things, but he was still afraid to do it on his own. He would latch on to my hands then just come flying into the water. There was a girl who was probably 3 or 4 and I would get to her and say, "Ok, are you ready to float on your back?" She would step back and give me the sweetest grin and twittle her fingers and give me a look like, "If you can catch me..." Oh man, it was exhausting!! Now, I know that with any class of 3-5 year olds the situation will be the same. Each child will be at a different level. BUT, it was hard coming into the class at this POINT of the class not knowing what each of them can/can not or will/will not do. All in all though, it went pretty well.

The written test was much harder than I thought it would be. I feel confident that I PASSED it though. From the way this course has gone, I doubt that I will get any "official" word letting me know if I passed it. I imagine they will only contact me if I failed... which, hopefully I did not. :)

I have a meeting with YMCA on Wednesday and on Monday so I should know what all is coming up and what more to expect.