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These last few weeks...
13 years ago
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Mood: Annoyed
Listening to: The Hollies - After the Fox
So... Hey everyone, just letting you know I'm still alive hereabouts.
A few weeks ago, I was supposed to start volunteering for a bike camp called "Pedalheads" for 3 weeks. I went through all of the hoops, getting references, a criminal record check, and filling out the forms. Everything was good and I was rearing to go... until the day I was supposed to start volunteering I got a phone call saying 'there was a problem' and being the very-understanding person I am, let them off and waited to hear when I could start. Later that week I received a phone call which said they don't need volunteers because of the small number of participants this year. All I can say is I am disappointed - I was really looking forward to it. On the other hand it probably wasn't my cup of tea anyway, they focus too much on 'lose the training wheels' for my taste.
Then this evening I went swimming at my local rec centre. I had a lot of fun with a friend and his three kids, whom I haven't seen for at least a month or two. As I was leaving, I noticed a poster on the wall. The recreation centre has a biking program for kids ages 4-7 and it teaches things like street safety and other skills. However there was one thing I didn't like about it - "All participants must be off training wheels" - which is just a nicer way of saying 'Training Wheels are not allowed'
It made me think of all those kids who love to ride their bikes, even if they still need training wheels - much like my character Timothy, and they wouldn't be able to attend this program for that simple fact. It made me rant to myself, as I do when I get agitated by something. As I sat in the bus stop waiting for the '72' back home, I thought about how disappointed Timothy would be if he'd noticed the poster and got all excited, only to find out he wasn't good enough to attend with the other kids. I thought about discussing it with someone there, but then I think I'll do that when I've got some spare time instead. I was thinking about applying as a volunteer for the program, but this has kinda made me less excited about it.
There are a few bike camps around the area - but I've yet to hear about one where kids can turn up with training wheels on their bikes, and leave the same day with their training wheels still on. Is that so unrealistic?
Listening to: The Hollies - After the Fox
So... Hey everyone, just letting you know I'm still alive hereabouts.
A few weeks ago, I was supposed to start volunteering for a bike camp called "Pedalheads" for 3 weeks. I went through all of the hoops, getting references, a criminal record check, and filling out the forms. Everything was good and I was rearing to go... until the day I was supposed to start volunteering I got a phone call saying 'there was a problem' and being the very-understanding person I am, let them off and waited to hear when I could start. Later that week I received a phone call which said they don't need volunteers because of the small number of participants this year. All I can say is I am disappointed - I was really looking forward to it. On the other hand it probably wasn't my cup of tea anyway, they focus too much on 'lose the training wheels' for my taste.
Then this evening I went swimming at my local rec centre. I had a lot of fun with a friend and his three kids, whom I haven't seen for at least a month or two. As I was leaving, I noticed a poster on the wall. The recreation centre has a biking program for kids ages 4-7 and it teaches things like street safety and other skills. However there was one thing I didn't like about it - "All participants must be off training wheels" - which is just a nicer way of saying 'Training Wheels are not allowed'
It made me think of all those kids who love to ride their bikes, even if they still need training wheels - much like my character Timothy, and they wouldn't be able to attend this program for that simple fact. It made me rant to myself, as I do when I get agitated by something. As I sat in the bus stop waiting for the '72' back home, I thought about how disappointed Timothy would be if he'd noticed the poster and got all excited, only to find out he wasn't good enough to attend with the other kids. I thought about discussing it with someone there, but then I think I'll do that when I've got some spare time instead. I was thinking about applying as a volunteer for the program, but this has kinda made me less excited about it.
There are a few bike camps around the area - but I've yet to hear about one where kids can turn up with training wheels on their bikes, and leave the same day with their training wheels still on. Is that so unrealistic?
Supposing Timothy was real and he rode his bike to school, and a kid who bullies him breaks the training wheels off of his bike, I would get really mad. It would be like catching a bird and breaking its' wings just for the heck of it.