New season, old challenges...
Many of you should be already aware of my "journey to full certification". As of today I am still an L1 (formerly L2, after reorg all was lowered one notch). To be clear, this is not PSIA, it is not an Italian cert (in Italy, with one regional exception, it is binary, one is either an instructor or it isn't one at all).
And as of today, in my quest to reach the much coveted "full cert" (much coveted because without it I am unable, in all practical terms, to seek work as a ski instructor, even as part time)
my schedule was to ski as much as possible (with purpose, not "randomly pissing off" - please pardon my french) and attend technical clinics .
Then attend a final one week clinic in March 2023 and present my sorry self for the cert exam then.
Yesterday I received in my mail a notification that in a few days there will be a certification exam session, preceeded by a preparation clinic...
Now, with only 3 whole days (skiing at a technical clinic) under my belt, my mind is 97% made up, but I would like to see this esteemed assembly debate and see if I change my mind...
So, advantages in taking the risk (pluses) and reaping the reward (score a "pass") :
One more checkmark on the path to full cert (I am still missing the GS race, which will require ad-hoc intensive training, being that I am, gently saying, a rookie at GS gates...) out of my worries
Minuses:
As it will be very likely that, with only 3 days of skiing, my technical skiing is not yet as refined as it should be, nor it might be with 2-3 more extra days of pre-exam clinic,
a no-pass score will sap, again, in my self confidence and selfesteem (hugely). Not to say, like Meta Hrovath said upon announcing her retirement from racing "...the sparkle in my eyes and the desire.. have gone...", in my case the risk is that all that will also be gone - almost irrecuperabily (I already felt symptoms of that throughout the last season and summer) , with an nth "no pass" score.
Days away from the family, we had planned, taking advantage of a bank holiday, some days up in the mountain, and my young one was already looking forward with expectation to "skiing with dad"...
Financially, it is a draw, neither a minus nor a plus; it would not change much either way (meaning the expenditure will be equal for both options)
So... Should I Stay (go in March) Or Should I Go (now)?
Many of you should be already aware of my "journey to full certification". As of today I am still an L1 (formerly L2, after reorg all was lowered one notch). To be clear, this is not PSIA, it is not an Italian cert (in Italy, with one regional exception, it is binary, one is either an instructor or it isn't one at all).
And as of today, in my quest to reach the much coveted "full cert" (much coveted because without it I am unable, in all practical terms, to seek work as a ski instructor, even as part time)
my schedule was to ski as much as possible (with purpose, not "randomly pissing off" - please pardon my french) and attend technical clinics .
Then attend a final one week clinic in March 2023 and present my sorry self for the cert exam then.
Yesterday I received in my mail a notification that in a few days there will be a certification exam session, preceeded by a preparation clinic...
Now, with only 3 whole days (skiing at a technical clinic) under my belt, my mind is 97% made up, but I would like to see this esteemed assembly debate and see if I change my mind...
So, advantages in taking the risk (pluses) and reaping the reward (score a "pass") :
One more checkmark on the path to full cert (I am still missing the GS race, which will require ad-hoc intensive training, being that I am, gently saying, a rookie at GS gates...) out of my worries
Minuses:
As it will be very likely that, with only 3 days of skiing, my technical skiing is not yet as refined as it should be, nor it might be with 2-3 more extra days of pre-exam clinic,
a no-pass score will sap, again, in my self confidence and selfesteem (hugely). Not to say, like Meta Hrovath said upon announcing her retirement from racing "...the sparkle in my eyes and the desire.. have gone...", in my case the risk is that all that will also be gone - almost irrecuperabily (I already felt symptoms of that throughout the last season and summer) , with an nth "no pass" score.
Days away from the family, we had planned, taking advantage of a bank holiday, some days up in the mountain, and my young one was already looking forward with expectation to "skiing with dad"...
Financially, it is a draw, neither a minus nor a plus; it would not change much either way (meaning the expenditure will be equal for both options)
So... Should I Stay (go in March) Or Should I Go (now)?