 Poster: A snowHead
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I had one little smart@rse once who tried to raise the bar WAY before it was necessary. I said "pas encore" and held it very firmly down, while he tried equally firmly to push it up. I was bigger and stronger and I won, but he gave me dirty looks.
We did once get up the top of a chair, in poor visibility, with two kids whilst the rest of the class was waiting with the instructor, down below. It was ages before anyone else came to the lift and we felt we couldn't leave the little chaps, especially as one showed a great determination to just ski off on his own - strictly against the instructions the moniteur had given, which was to sit in the snow and wait for her. We had to more or less grab him and restrain him (he was all of 5) so we got dirty looks from him, too. But I have had some quite sweet conversations with older kids, even if they look a bit disdainful at my attempts to speak French. One told me I had a "drole d'accent". Cheeky brat. The lifties always seem very on the ball. I did have one little lad, about 9, not a tiny one, but who was absolutely terrified of being so high up, and kept telling me it was too high for him - he was almost in tears and I regretted not being able to be more fluent in my responses. I did reassure him that the chair slowed down at the top, and that it was very easy to get off, and I yanked him up firmly and we got off fine - he was pathetically pleased and grateful and made me feel terribly powerful and clever. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Scarpa, aw, bless! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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pam w, blimey,I've never thought to look on this exercise - about which I do have some genuine misgivings - as a power trip!
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I had one little smart@rse once who tried to raise the bar WAY before it was necessary. I said "pas encore" and held it very firmly down, while he tried equally firmly to push it up. I was bigger and stronger and I won, but he gave me dirty looks.
We did once get up the top of a chair, in poor visibility, with two kids whilst the rest of the class was waiting with the instructor, down below. It was ages before anyone else came to the lift and we felt we couldn't leave the little chaps, especially as one showed a great determination to just ski off on his own - strictly against the instructions the moniteur had given, which was to sit in the snow and wait for her. We had to more or less grab him and restrain him (he was all of 5) so we got dirty looks from him, too. But I have had some quite sweet conversations with older kids, even if they look a bit disdainful at my attempts to speak French. One told me I had a "drole d'accent". Cheeky brat. The lifties always seem very on the ball. I did have one little lad, about 9, not a tiny one, but who was absolutely terrified of being so high up, and kept telling me it was too high for him - he was almost in tears and I regretted not being able to be more fluent in my responses. I did reassure him that the chair slowed down at the top, and that it was very easy to get off. I gave my poles to the OH and yanked him up firmly and we got off fine - he was pathetically pleased and grateful and made me feel terribly grownup and clever.
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