Last week, 3-1 students talked through Skype to Canadian kayaker K.C Fraser, a friend of Ms. B. K.C will go to the Summer Olympics as part of Team Canada and she feels extremely proud of herself. K.C talked about winning a gold medal during the Pan Am games and also about how she hopes to do even better in the Rio Olympics in Brazil. Students showed outstanding effort asking questions and even answered questions about Korea. To start, Minjoon asked, “When did you start kayaking?” “I started kayaking at the age of 14,” K.C told us. Next Yun asked, “Why of all the fun sports, did you choose kayaking?” K.C. replied, grinning,” There was this teacher who was in the Olympics and I really respected him. The dream just came out like that!” Everyone was impressed. In addition, Jeonghyeon asked, “How do you kayak?” This was a tricky stunt for K.C, on the other hand, she gave a small description of kayaking. The students followed K.C.’s actions , and the classroom burst into a laugh parade. Next up, Yongseok asked about what K.C. eats before racing. Everyone knew that Yongseok would ask a question about food! Haha! It was so comical. One of the final questions, asked by me, was about how she stopped herself from giving up when things were hard. “Although I have wanted to give up, I thought about the fun I had kayaking and I didn’t want to finish the sport being sad or being mad. I wanted to be happy. I pushed myself everyday and put myself in very uncomfortable situations. Because that is how you become the best. You have to scare yourself everyday,” K.C replied. K.C asked us some questions about Korea’s landscape and food. She told us how much the Facebook message we had made for her on Canada Day meant to her! Everyone wished her good luck. This was one of the most exuberant days in 3-1. Learn more about K.C. here! By Sooyoung P.S Video to come!
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MS. Miller
7/19/2016 01:20:18 am
Wow! This looks so fun! I hope you all learned a lot!
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Ben
7/19/2016 01:42:45 am
Wow! That sounds like it was an exciting opportunity to talk to an Olympian! This is a great write up about it! I enjoyed reading it!
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Kristina Price
7/19/2016 01:45:34 am
What a great article! What do you think was the most important thing your class learned from K.C.?
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Sooyoung
9/22/2016 07:14:30 am
Well, we are still not 100% sure about our future carreer, however, we have some students that are great at sports and planning to be an athlete in the future. We think that the most important thing we leared from K.C is that we might have times that we want to give up and quit, however, thinking about how much the fun we had will help us start again and try even better. Thank you for leaving a great comment on our blog.
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Harriet
7/19/2016 02:05:58 am
What a fun and descriptive article! I could really imagine the interview as I read it. At first I thought it was written by Ms. B! Thank-yoi for sharing.
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Andy Kerr-Wilson
7/19/2016 04:07:20 am
Good questions! The best questions lead to new ones. They open your eyes and change how you think about something. If a question confirms what you already thought, you didn't need to ask it.
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Cheryl
7/19/2016 04:20:24 am
What a great article! the class asked some really good questions and the writer really made it fun for us to read. Well done and thank you!
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Natasha Huscroft
7/19/2016 07:57:52 am
What a wonderful life experience for those children!! I love her reply in regards to persevering and ending on a positive note. Good job guys!!!
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Kim Higgins
7/19/2016 12:52:32 pm
What an inspiring experience for your students. This is an amazing example for other teachers to follow.
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Mr. Druery
7/22/2016 12:40:28 am
What an experience! Well done 3-1. I am sure you were all inspired by KC and her determination to always give her best!
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