The other day in my gym class, I became frustrated with some of the whiny students. I have a simple ask upon their arrival- five laps of the extremely small gym, stretch, sit. It’s the laps that they complain about. I decided to turn this into a math lesson. Who did I use to prove my point? Terry Fox, of course!
I essentially had them all sit down and watch me perform the laps. Then, I tracked the distance on my watch. After that, I compared that to what Terry Fox was doing, on one good leg, through bad weather, on rough terrain, with cancer in his body! The point was this- stop complaining. The bigger message was this- Terry Fox was incredible. Allow me to explain.
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