F3 Knoxville

THE THANG:
Mosey to Sidewalk just northeast of the nice bathrooms.
“2-4-6-8 WHO DO WE APPRECIATE” : Run south and then east on sidewalk stopping at second, fourth, sixth, and eighth lights to do the following exercises:
– 2 lights: 4 CDDS/ 4 lights: 8 CDDs/ 6 lights 12 CDDs/ SWEEP FORWARD 8 lights, 16 CDDs. Stop at 8th light. PUTS
– Rinse and repeat with SQUATS
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Rinse and repeat with PETER PARKERS (2-ct)

Mosey to base of Cardiac

5s (like 7s…) from base to first curve, starting with 1 OFFSET RIGHT MERKIN, run up and do 4 OFFSET LEFT MERKINS

Fellowship Mosey to second curve

5s from Second curve to Benches, Starting with 1 FROGGY JUMP, run up and do 4 Bobby Hurleys

Alternate Dips and incline merkins until the 6 gets there.

Enough time to fellowship mosey to top of the dragon’s tail and do last set of 2-4-6-8s with Supermans (SuperMEN?)

Alternate Lunging and Bunny Hopping across parking lot by bathrooms, then AYG to flag.
Mosey to AO

MARY: Dead Bugs and Pain Planks (Plank position, move left knee to right elbow, switch, R&R).

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence Saturday!

COT: I had a math teacher in middle school (Mr. Alexander) who, as punishment for students who talked in class, would make them write lines on the chalkboard of some of his favorite sayings. The only one I still remember to this day is, “Oh the tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!”
Like most of us, I would imagine, I’ve told a lot of white lies in my past, and probably even a few lies that are not all that white. But I certainly try to be an honest person, especially as I’ve grown older, because I have learned how valuable the TRUTH IS. Trust is a haaaard thing to win back. And I’m not talking about your version of the truth, I’m talking about black-and-white truth. If something that’s not black-and-white truth comes out of my mouth, I always try to say “that’s my opinion, anyway”, or “that’s how I interpret it.”

When I was in grad school I was a teaching assistant. Taught classes, created and graded exams, etc. One time these two girls who were best friends were taking a test sitting next to each other and just obviously looking at each other’s papers. I cleared my throat, rustled some papers, and tried to get them to realize I was watching. They kept doing it. When I was grading their tests, they had the exact same answers, word for word, for about ½ the test. And they were wrong answers. If they had been accurate answers, you could almost believe they just came up with it on their own. I confronted them about it, individually, and they already had their stories aligned. They never made eye contact when we were talking, just said the same thing to me… they had studied together, practiced the answers to likely questions together, etc. And they said they never looked at each other’s test during the exam. Bullshit. If they had just admitted it I would have been very lenient, probably just said knock it off, don’t do it again, and I’m going to ask you not to sit to each other. But they flat out lied to me. Thought I was stupid. Thought that what I saw with my very own eyes wasn’t the truth. That is flat-out insulting.

And it got me mad. I gave them both zeros for the test, and brought the matter up to the honor council. One girl ended up dropping out of school. The other actually handled it well, worked hard the rest of the semester and brought her grade up to a C+ or so, as I recall.

In retrospect, I do sort of regret that I was so hard on them, and that my response caused one of the girls to drop out (according to her). I wish I had handled it a bit differently. But I have to say, for them to sit there and completely deny something that I personally witnessed really pissed me off. I didn’t like to be gaslit then. And I hate it even more now.

Proverbs 12:22: “The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.” That just doesn’t apply to the Lord. I would say it applies to just about everyone.

If we are to be HIMs, Truth matters. Facts matter. Accountability matters.