{"id":20119,"date":"2022-11-08T14:46:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T13:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skoolcornwall.com\/?p=20119"},"modified":"2022-11-08T15:01:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T14:01:23","slug":"english-with-wellness-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skoolcornwall.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/08\/english-with-wellness-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"English with Wellness in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In spite of being a year of global upheaval (is there any other kind these days?) 2022 was a good year for Skool, a year of growth for the business and for us too, as teachers and guides. Our students gave us a lot to think about this year. They made us think about how fortunate we are to live in such a beautiful part of the world and to be able to share the unique experience of being here with them. They made us think about how it takes a special type of person to come here and commit themselves to the adventure, to want to keep learning and imbibing what life has to offer, intellectually and spiritually, come rain or blazing Cornish sunshine (global warming in the form of summer heatwaves seems to be providing us with plenty of the latter). They made us think about our dual role as both language tutors and guardians of wellbeing in this wild corner of the world. I\u2019ll never forget the day Kirsten and I had to take shelter from the dramatic clifftop weather in the local Coastguard hut at St Agnes Head, and the unexpected and fascinating insight into the hazards of coastal life provided by the ex-sea captain who kindly let us in to wait out the storm, one of many selfless souls who occupy these lifesaving posts on a volunteer basis (a view of The Atlantic Ocean from his office was some compensation), just as I\u2019ll never forget the expression of fear and excitement written across Susanne\u2019s face as she waited at the local surf school for her first session on the board<\/em>, giving me my first taste of a strange kind of inverted parenthood, as I waved goodbye like a surrogate father, mindful of her wellbeing, and marvelling at her spirit of adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n