A New Spin on Teaching

So even though my official title is "Graduate Teaching Fellow" (at least for the next 7 days), I don't usually do any teaching during the summer. But, this morning I had an opportunity to do so when my spinning instructor didn't show up. Three other women were there and they were all mad that they woke up early for nothing. Then they started talking about how maybe one of us should just run the class, and I volunteered in a small voice that I had actually taken a spin class certification class three years ago. (This is when I was at Berkeley and obsessed with spinning. I mostly just got certified for fun. I used to be certified to teach Turbokickboxing as well.)

I had never taught before, I didn't have any kind of work-out plan, and the only music they had for us to use was Sweedish techno music. But, I did it! I had fun (it was definitely a rush!) and I didn't even feel self-concsious even though I didn't really know what I was doing. I guess I've taken enough spinning classes over the years that ideas for work-out sets have been engrained in me. After we finished, everyone was really nice. One said that my "class" was better than some of the usual instructors at Georgetown and that I should teach. I was totally flattered. So now that unemployment is fast approaching, maybe I have another option for making some extra cash before I find another job...