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 2019-05-14 8:38 PM in reply to: lisac957 |
Master  8247      Eugene, Oregon Bronze member |  Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSEDI'm not very religious, but think I might have an issue with that on a school field trip as well. I guess maybe okay if it is approached more as urban legend/history/regional culture for older kids....maybe. For adults, sure. But it seems like kids that age (and their parents) might assume that if a ghost tour is included on a school trip, it means the school is tacitly acknowledging that these things are real. Definitely it would have been problematic with some of the more religious families at most of the schools I've worked at. I've always had an issue with the ghost and paranormal-oriented shows that (at least used to--I don't get cable anymore) air on the Discovery Channel. It's supposed to be (or was originally) a science and learning-oriented channel. I often recommended it to parents and kids as a good way for kids to build their English listening vocabulary for science and social studies topics, as it had lots of high-interest, kid-friendly content. But I stopped doing that after all the ghost/paranormal shows started. There's a strong undercurrent of belief in that stuff in Vietnamese and several other Asian cultures anyway, and I felt the fact that it was appearing on a learning channel along with science shows was, really, sending a perhaps unintended message that ghosts were a real, scientifically proven phenomenon--not a message I wanted to support, as the children's science teacher! |
| 2019-05-15 11:34 AM in reply to: Hot Runner |
1731 Denver, Colorado | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Hmm, I have a different opinion. I actually think that ghost tours should have a positive impact, especially at that age. This activity gives the kids an exposure to the sites, that have bees associated with paranormal activities. Well, are those true? Most of them, if not all of them, have scientific explanations, thus, it could actually be an educational trip (In additional to an exploration of historical and cultural matters of the specific region). I think that exposing children earlier to such things is better for them. Just like exposing them to and teaching about death: for example, taking them to funerals. If they haven't had to deal with death, nor attend a funeral early (with proper preparation, if necessary), then it will be much harder for them to cope with it later in adulthood. Same with ghosts and those tours. I am an adult and never been to those sites - and due to the stories and the amount of horror movies I have seen, I will have a hard time rationalizing whatever is happening at those sites. Now, if the kids visit them early and see that nothing scare is actually happening (I mean, what can happen...? Weird sounds...?), those sites are not that bad, most of them are just based on the legends, they get all that early exposure, and won't bee scared later in their lives. Also, I can imagine that whoever designed those tours made sure they are safe. I don't think they would do a strenuous cemetery tour at midnight. |
| 2019-05-15 1:24 PM in reply to: 0 |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Of the 'Ghost Tours' or 'Haunted Tours' I've taken at sites such as Gettysburg, Williamsburg, Fells Point in Baltimore to name a few, plus some local tours, I've found them to be mainly a walking history lesson. "Sally So-and--so lived here with her husband and family during the war. Soldiers died in the barn, a makeshift hospital. Sometimes late at night a mysterious blue light is seen in the window" or the more common, "There have been reports of a lady in white walking the grounds some evenings". I feel an eighth-grader would surely have had some exposure to ghosts via books, TV, movies, or tales told at sleepovers and would be old enough to handle such information. Besides, I don't think the tours are there to convince people ghosts are real, they are mainly for entertainment, to make history a little more real. Are some tales based in fact? Hmm, maybe. Maybe not. There will always be devout believers and staunch skeptics. Edited by melbo55 2019-05-15 1:26 PM |
| 2019-05-15 1:45 PM in reply to: melbo55 |
Champion 14677 Bronze member | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by melbo55 I agree. I mean what about campfire ghost stories that kids go to? The goosebumps books? I think it is a gun way to get.kids involved in history. People take these things way too seriously.Of the 'Ghost Tours' or 'Haunted Tours' I've taken at sites such as Gettysburg, Williamsburg, Fells Point in Baltimore to name a few, plus some local tours, I've found them to be mainly a walking history lesson. "Sally So-and--so lived here with her husband and family during the war. Soldiers died in the barn, a makeshift hospital. Sometimes late at night a mysterious blue light is seen in the window" or the more common, "There have been reports of a lady in white walking the grounds some evenings". I feel an eighth-grader would surely have had some exposure to ghosts via books, TV, movies, or tales told at sleepovers and would be old enough to handle such information. Besides, I don't think the tours are there to convince people ghosts are real, they are mainly for entertainment, to make history a little more real. Are some tales based in fact? Hmm, maybe. Maybe not. There will always be devout believers and staunch skeptics. |
| 2019-05-17 9:28 AM in reply to: ceilidh |
Member 2098 Simsbury, Connecticut | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by ceilidh Originally posted by amd723 Yep. I will send you thoughts and prayers. Originally posted by glfprncs I'm starting my taper this week for a HIM on May 26th. My Wed-Fri 'workouts' consist of chaperoning a 3 day, 2 night field trip with my 8th graders. We will be on the go from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. every day. God help me... We are going places I've never been, though. Haunted tour in Savannah, The Little White House in where FDR spent time in the warm springs, Andersonville Civil War prison & cemetary and Tybee Island. Sounds like a fun trip- without the kids! LMAO! I thought the same thing when Ann-Marie said it then I almost spit out my water when Robin repeated it. +1!! |
| 2019-05-17 10:28 AM in reply to: mtnbikerchk |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Racing Manatees!!! May 18-19
Is anyone else racing? |
| 2019-05-17 11:28 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
Master 2429 Falls Church, Virginia | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by cdban66 Racing Manatees!!! May 18-19
Is anyone else racing? Gooooo racers! Lisa, Ann Marie and Janyne - hoping there's a mini Manatee meetup in the plan? Its so great that we're really getting into racing season again. |
| 2019-05-17 11:33 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
| 1731 Denver, Colorado | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by cdban66 Racing Manatees!!! May 18-19
Is anyone else racing? You all ...got the nerve....  Have fun in Chattanooga! Cannot wait to hear your stories and race reports. And definitely have a blast at the meetup! Melanie, TJ, and Mary S - have a strong and fun experience! |
| 2019-05-17 11:42 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
Master 4452 | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by cdban66 Racing Manatees!!! May 18-19
Is anyone else racing? Goooooo racers! Be swift, be safe, have fun! |
| 2019-05-17 12:04 PM in reply to: cdban66 |
| 310 Raleigh, North Carolina | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by cdban66 Racing Manatees!!! May 18-19
Is anyone else racing? Whoa - Manatees storm Chattanooga! Good luck to all the racers this weekend! |
| 2019-05-17 1:44 PM in reply to: awm007 |
Master 4118 Toronto Bronze member | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by awm007 Originally posted by cdban66 Whoa - Manatees storm Chattanooga! Good luck to all the racers this weekend! Racing Manatees!!! May 18-19
Is anyone else racing? Go out and have a blast, all! So great that so many of you are at Chattanooga - a few of my tri club swim buddies will be there as well! |
| 2019-05-17 1:45 PM in reply to: Atlantia |
Member 2098 Simsbury, Connecticut | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by Atlantia Originally posted by cdban66 Racing Manatees!!! May 18-19
Is anyone else racing? Gooooo racers! Lisa, Ann Marie and Janyne - hoping there's a mini Manatee meetup in the plan? Its so great that we're really getting into racing season again. Part of me wishes I was doing the choo half - and the other part of me smacks myself so I remember Barton Ave! Good luck all! Represent!! |
| 2019-05-17 2:15 PM in reply to: cdban66 |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by cdban66 Racing Manatees!!! May 18-19
Is anyone else racing? Goood luck, racers! Have fun, be safe, be speedy!! Two mini-manatee meetups going on with LIsa, Ann-Marie, and Janyne at Choo and Mary and TJ at Colfax, yay! |
| 2019-05-17 3:32 PM in reply to: 0 |
Master 8247 Eugene, Oregon Bronze member | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Enjoy Chatt and the meet ups! I hope the normal course does not take you against the current most of the way and then straight up Lookout Mountain?! (After that, the run seemed like an afterthought. I do remember that it was hot and there were hills, but compared to the rest of it....) Edited by Hot Runner 2019-05-17 3:32 PM |
| 2019-05-18 6:28 AM in reply to: #5253173 |
Member 836 North Augusta, South Carolina | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Well, the trip was a success and the kids and adults had an amazing, educational experience. The 'ghost tour' is of the Sorel Weed Mansion in Savannah. The tour was really a walking history lesson with some discussion of what people have experienced in the house, followed up with how they have debunked the majority of the experiences. The field trip was sign up only, so all 350 students didn't go. Parents knew the full itinerary before they signed up their child to go. My big issue was the lack of appropriate accommodations in many places for the students we had in wheelchairs or on crutches. Difficult in historic places, yes, but at one point I gave a piggy back ride to a student so she could participate. |
| 2019-05-18 8:17 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
Champion 14677 Bronze member | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by cdban66 All you racing Manatees have fantastic races! Fun and safe!Racing Manatees!!! May 18-19
Is anyone else racing?
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| 2019-05-18 9:31 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
Member 667 | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by cdban66 Racing Manatees!!! May 18-19
Is anyone else racing? Good luck racers!! |
| 2019-05-20 8:22 AM in reply to: fortissimo |
| Alpharetta, Georgia Bronze member | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED What a fun race yesterday! Upstream portion of the swim got cancelled, so all downstream and only around 1300 yd. Bike was GORGEOUS and run was HOT! I had a great time out there! |
| 2019-05-20 9:29 AM in reply to: lisac957 |
| 1731 Denver, Colorado | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by lisac957 What a fun race yesterday! Upstream portion of the swim got cancelled, so all downstream and only around 1300 yd. Bike was GORGEOUS and run was HOT! I had a great time out there! My full race report is up here. Yay! Was it your first Chatt or have you done this one before? If so, how would you compare it to the previous ones? |
| 2019-05-20 9:41 AM in reply to: marysia83 |
| 310 Raleigh, North Carolina | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Yay race reports! Looking forward to reading them all! |
| 2019-05-20 12:18 PM in reply to: lisac957 |
Member 2098 Simsbury, Connecticut | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by lisac957 What a fun race yesterday! Upstream portion of the swim got cancelled, so all downstream and only around 1300 yd. Bike was GORGEOUS and run was HOT! I had a great time out there! My full race report is up here. why do they keep making it so hot? :/ |
| 2019-05-20 4:41 PM in reply to: melbo55 |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Race report is up. Best part of the day: the weather was one million times better than last year and none of my friends got hurt. Next best part of the day: on-site post-race beer. |
| 2019-05-20 8:59 PM in reply to: melbo55 |
Master 8247 Eugene, Oregon Bronze member | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED That was one of the most amazing things about IM Vietnam--some of the years I did it, a Budweiser Girl (or guy) actually handed cold beers to people in the finish chute! The last year I did it, they brought them to the ice-water filled kiddie pools just after the chute. Probably not the healthiest thing to do--starting rehydration with that tends to give me a headache-- but it sure tasted good at the time. |
| 2019-05-21 9:18 AM in reply to: Hot Runner |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Originally posted by Hot Runner That was one of the most amazing things about IM Vietnam--some of the years I did it, a Budweiser Girl (or guy) actually handed cold beers to people in the finish chute! The last year I did it, they brought them to the ice-water filled kiddie pools just after the chute. Probably not the healthiest thing to do--starting rehydration with that tends to give me a headache-- but it sure tasted good at the time. Well it was Budweiser... |
for me that is almost always a guaranteed headache! Thankfully our beer, while not free, was from a local craft brewer so it was of better taste and quality than Bud!| 2019-05-21 9:54 AM in reply to: melbo55 |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED Morning (to most) Manatees! I'm home and survived Choo! Had some issues on the day, finished about 30-45 minutes slower than anticipated, but am happy to have managed things and am determined to conquer this long course curse I seem to have!! But, I am taking a break from long course for a year or so-I think, to recharge and will concentrate on sprint and olys and run stuff! Here's the race report. |
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