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I made all the kids be on swim team this summer. I told them that they didn’t have to swim in the meets, but they were going to go practice every day. Two reasons for this: 1) the kids get exercise ever day, before it’s blazing hot and 2) I do not have to yell at children to put books down and go get some exercise. It has, actually, worked out very well. For me at least.
Every time a meet rolled around I’d ask if anyone wanted to participate. The answer was always the same: nope.
Yesterday I asked the kids if they wanted to participate in the swim-a-thon at the end of the week. Three kids said nope, and Mason said:
“Why can’t I have a Mason-a-thon? It’s always reading, or swimming, or jumping. Why can’t I have a Mason-a-thon and have people pledge a dollar for every burrito I can eat?”
Why, indeed?
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