During the summer, we run a 'Hood Kids' program
for kids from Paterson Park (a not so nice area of
Baltimore city). We taught them to sail, but they
were far from polite and well behaved. If you
banned the vulgar language, those kids wouldn't
have been able to talk. They also could not
comprehend the concept of de-rigging and putting
things away. Every session had at least one fight
between the kids.
No, these home schooled kids were really great.
Even my son, who is in our high school program
(which is also running) said the home school group
is better than the high school group.
S.

"Jonathan Ganz"
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: In article
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: Pony Express
wrote:
: Just finished a learn to sail program for 22
home
: schooled kids. What a great group. These kids
: all wanted to be there - all wanted to learn -
: just couldn't get enough. These have been the
: most polite, well-behaved kids I've ever
taught.
: In only 6 two-hour lessons, they were racing
and
: doing well. All could rig, sail to windward,
: round marks, jibe, etc. 22 more kids that are
: hooked on sailing. That's what it's all about!
: S.
:
: Kids can be awesome! We did something similar
for disadvantaged
: minority kids a few weeks ago. There were 14 of
them... some were
: pretty rough customers. They were amazingly
polite and enthusiastic.
: Several didn't want to leave at the end of the
day. At the end of
: the second session, they were heeling over the
Capri 16.5s and dipping
: their heads in the water.
:
: --
: Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
: http://www.sailnow.com
: "If there's no wind, row."
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