The power sub-station is down. It could be hours before power is restored. It typically takes me three hours to write a back blast regardless of quality. My laptop has about an hour of battery life remaining. This will be the biggest challenge of my F3 career. Bring it.
It is final exam week, and I am desperately treading water in an ocean of incompetent student essays, projects, and presentations. With every group presentation, I further doubt my own competence as an instructor. How did I fail them so completely? From this group of poor victims, comes interactions that make every painful moment worthwhile. I offer some real gems below:
Presentation Q&A Example 1:
– YHC: In what ways did Covid-19 impact the supply chain logistics within the automobile industry?
– Student: Great question. To be honest, we can say that the supply chain was totes jacked up. In fact, I’m pretty sure the expression, “off the chain” came from this issue.
– (YHC Internal Monologue): Well crap, it was indeed totes jacked up. I know this did not spawn the term, “off the chain”…right? I don’t even know what’s real anymore.
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Presentation Q&A Example 2:
– YHC: You mention that customers in China had trust issues with the company’s distribution channels?
– Student: Totally. The products were all warehoused in the U.K.
– YHC: Ok. What was the issue with products being warehoused in the U.K.?
– Student: I mean, it’s a bunch of college students running the company?
– (YHC Inner Monologue): Oh…oh no. No, no, no…She thinks that “UK” stands for University of Kentucky. Oh God…what do I do? Keep a straight face, keep a straight face. It’s too late for her. I can’t help. This is not the hill.
– YHC: GO Wildcats!
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Presentation Q&A Example 3 (and my absolute favorite so far):
– YHC: You talk about the challenges of Starbucks entering the Indian market? Why was market entry so difficult?
– Student: Well, it seems that they didn’t really have the right equipment and gear.
– YHC: Explain
– Student: Well, as you know, the northern border of India has the Himalayan Mountains, which make entering the country really hard.
– YHC: (stares at student)
Student: (stares at YHC)
– YHC: (realize that student isn’t kidding)
– Student: They’re really high mountains.
– YHC: (long pause) Welp…sounds good to me! Moving on to the next question.
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What does all this have to do with a beatdown? Per usual, it is a very weak connection, but if I am good at anything, it’s forcing a square peg in a round hole. I use Backblasts for cathartic journaling as much as…well that’s it actually. Does anyone really read these things? If yes, post your favorite meme from The Office.
7 Pax at the Stage. It’s been awesome as of late. The addition of Fence Post has raised the bar and the regs keep it consistent. Montana’s newly styled Sumo bun is looking on purnt! It was 43 degrees. As mentioned in prior blasts, YHC is not a tough guy when it comes to cold. The wind was blowing. I, with my tights and hooded sweatshirt felt very weak next to Enron in his shorts and short sleeves.
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Warmarama
– SSH – 30 ct until YHC felt some blood moving
– Windmills that YHC thought were arm circles
– Grass Grabbers w/ the Clap so YHC could feel like the NOLA PAX
– Finally, real arm circles, but YHC forgot to call out the exercises
– Some high knees, some Derricks…maybe (taken from the now famous Enron Re-VQ)
– And a Mosie
(now that I’m writing it down, it was pretty much the worst Warmarama since Montana)
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ON to the Thangs…No real theme except that YHC misses IPC like the deserts miss the rain.
The Beatdown: Sir Pax-A-Lot (three-part thang)
AKA: 30-60’s – 20-40’s – 30-60’s (You’d get it if you had it goin’ like a turbo ‘Vette.)
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Set up:
cones in a square of 20-yard sides. PAX moves starts at the lower left corner, then moves to the upper left corner, then diagonally to the lower right corner, then to the top right corner, finally diagonally to the lower left corner.
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Round 1: 30 – 60 (transport – bear crawl)
– 30 merkins
– 60 arm raises
– 30 Carolina dry docks
– 60 seal jacks
– 400 m run
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Round 2: 20 – 40 (transport – lunge walks)
– 20 leg thrusters
– 40 prisoner squats
– 20 Bonnie Blair’s the hard way 2:1
– 40 side to sides 1:1
– 400 m run
**the Bonnie B’s following the lunges, following the prisoner squats, following the leg thrusters suuuuuucked!
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Round 3: 30 – 60 (transport – crab walk)
The subordina…er, I mean, chatter really picked up here. Goose had “so many questions” and Cardinal kindly reminded YHC that only 12 minutes remained. Montana announced 4:1 flutters equaled 120 (all by hisself too!). Enron questioned the exercise in general, forgetting the vendetta YHC had on he and Goose from a couple weeks ago…nobody can remember about what though.
– 30 flutters 4:1
– 60 low plank leg lifts 1:1
– 30 Poppin Dollys (hello dolly followed by 90 degree leg lift)
– 60 J-lo pickle gobblers 1:1 (J-Lo then two pickle pounders = 4 ct)
– 400 m run
** I still can’t figure out how Cardinal so effortlessly glides through a crabwalk. YHC tried to keep up, which resulted in a muddy backside. I think he’s tired of hearing about it. Seriously, just let a playa’ play.
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Not Mary
– We did something…whatevs…this ain’t even my whole day
– Lastly, we did three level push-ups (up à quarter merkin hold, up à half merkin hold, up à full merkin hold; same thing down, BUT no hold at the bottom, which was a huge missed opportunity. That said, Enron was doing the wide arm mission impossible to hold the WHOLE DANG time at the bottom. I was very impressed…Enron was very pissed. My B.
COT
Goose prayed us out.
Not my best work fellas, but I appreciate you powering through and raising the bar with every beatdown.
Ooohh…the power just came on. Time to hear more inspiring presentations.
SYITG,
Yankee Joe
