Excuses are like Armpits...

Everyone has them and they stink!

I substitute teach just about 3-4 days a week. Last week I taught in a 2nd grade Spanish Immersion class. These kids speak Spanish all day long. No excuses. It's called IMMERSION. (I don't speak Spanish, so the rule was they had to speak Spanish to each other and could only speak English if they were asking me a question).

They had an Oops! chart where if they slipped up and spoke English when they weren't supposed to, they had to mark a tally by their name. They also had a big "EXCUSE" chart, where they had to make a check mark and write their name if they gave some lame excuse why they couldn't get their work done in Spanish, etc.

These kids were awesome. They own up to their shortcomings WAYYYY better than some officials. The title of this blog is "Hockey is Life" and there are lessons to be learned on the playing field that also play out in real life.

Here are some lame excuses I here ALL the time!:

• I'm too busy (I f**ing hate that one!)
• I'm going to do it next week.
• I've got too much on my plate right now (yeah, but you still probably watch some lame reality TV show every night, too).
• It's someone else's fault.
• I'm OK how I'm doing right now (that's a tough one to recover from -- start of the downward slide).

So...is there something you were supposed to do? Is there some way to make yourself better today? Are you owning up to your excuses OR do yours stink?

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