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Careers 101 by Yours Truly

You never know what a day on the road will hold. Just last Friday, in Toronto, I got the chance to talk to a high school Careers class about my "career". Ha!

While I tried my best to tie stories about traveling, circusing, housesitting, etc. back to applicable information, making smart choices, and other "teachable" topics, after the kids warmed up to me, it turned into more of a Q&A with perhaps somewhat of a less teachable feel. I mean, the story of pooping in a cup in Guatemala can't have too much value in a Careers class, but it is a pretty good story.

Then, of course, it degenerated into a juggling demonstration. It's hard for me to say no to the request for a personal juggling show. The kids seemed to enjoy my impromptu mishmash of juggling tricks, although less so with the rope tricks. Oh well. Anyhoo, here's a brief clip of me throwing some balls up in the air. Hope you like it. (And if you want to book me to speak at your school, I come cheap!)

Sunday October 17 2010

File under: travel, juggling

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on Mon 18th Oct, 2010 05:14 pm PDT mely said:
thank you for coming to speak to my children. we had a fun time one and all :-)
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on Mon 18th Oct, 2010 05:15 pm PDT mely said:
hahahaha i just noticed that if you look closely, you can see aaron there, sleeping in the front row... (totally not your fault though - that guy sleeps through all my classes too)
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on Mon 18th Oct, 2010 08:14 pm PDT Mom said:
I hope you split the scene before agitated parents confronted you about putting crazy ideas in their kids' heads! BTW, does all that stuff on the chalkboard relate to your "talk?"
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on Thu 21st Oct, 2010 09:13 am PDT mely said:
hehe nope, mum, that's from my first period 9th grade french lesson :-)
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