The Seniors in the Endurance class have been pursuing the guiding question, how much are you willing to endure to change the world?. In the first unit of this Humanities course, students are investigating endurance as demonstrated by well-known visionaries. Through this investigation, students will find inspiration to set goals and identify a mission for their own path. Furthermore, the students are asked to assess qualities that they possess that may help them achieve their mission. As a part of this self-assessment, the students must endure both physical and mental challenges. For this Field Experience, the Seniors were visited by Sensei Lavin who put their mental and physical endurance to the test.
Why?
The purpose of this Field Experience is for students to undergo “boot camp” that tested their endurance.
How?
Under the guidance of Sensei Lavin, the students participated in a series of exercises that pushed them to overcome mental blocks in order to defeat physical ones.
- Starting with some laps.
- “Pace yourselves!”
- “To this line…I’m watching!”
- Crabwalking.
- Spider push-ups.
- Spider push-ups.
- “Get low”
- The race is on.
- Taking a breather.
- “Wait, that was the warm-up?!”
- Easy.
- A demo from the pro.
- “Ready?”
- Burpees across the gym.
- Burpees across the gym.
- Burpees across the gym.
- A good old-fashioned game of tag.
- A good old-fashioned game of tag.
- A good old-fashioned game of tag.
- A good old-fashioned game of tag.
- The cool down.
- The cool down.
- The cool down.
- The cool down.
- The cool down.
- A couple self-defense tips for the road.
- A couple self-defense tips for the road.
- A couple self-defense tips for the road.
- A couple self-defense tips for the road.
- There’s laughter in work.
- Thank you, Sensei!