Sands of Time

So many people have come in and out of the academy doors throughout the years. Some training for just the fun of it, while others with much more in mind. All and all there are always those select few that either come in 5-15 minutes late or run out 5-15 minutes early. While at times this may be inevitable, life does have a way of getting us sometimes, I'd like to show a quick peak at what happens for those select few that can not help but come in a bit late each time just because.

Let's take a student that trains three times a week for the course of a year and say each class is an hour and a half in length. The numbers would show these outcomes:

If the student was late an average of 5 minutes per class for the year, they would miss almost 9 classes (780 minutes or 13 hours) throughout the year...pretty much taking just under a month off.

If the student was late an average of 10 minutes per class for the year, they would miss just over 17 classes (1560 minutes or 26 hours)...that's nearly a month and a half off.

Now, what about that 15 minutes. It seems like such a small amount of time. It's not much, right? They would miss 26 classes (2340 minutes or 39 hours) ...just over 2 months of training, gone!

These small amounts of time can quickly add up and before you know it you've lost so much of your valuable time. Now, what happens if you were to do the reverse. Show up 15 minutes early and get moving or stretch a bit, even while talking with your fellow students. We've noticed a little bit of time can add up, so what about a little bit of movement, right? Taking the same numbers, not only did you receive all the classes you paid for, you trained an extra month, month and a half or even two months of class time!

It's your time, so have fun with it!

~ Carcará