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ALL AMERICAN SWIMMER

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CONGRATULATIONS ZAC!!! CONGRATULATIONS ZAC!!!
As grandma, I’m slow, but working to figure out what ALL AMERICAN means? I’m told Zachary, you are one of top swimmers in two individual categories and one relay. Also that you made it as a 17-year-old high school swimmer. I’m told, that means you are one of the top 100 in our country.

I understand that the Butterfly is your specialty.

WOW!! How exciting!


I do not want to take away any of the credit due Zac and his mother for their inner strengths and persistence through the years of practice and talent involved. But there is a possible connection to a Japanese created school of music.

When Zac’s mother was 3-years-old, we started violin lessons. The beauty of the Suzuki School of Talent Education is that no parent gets tired of praising any tiny progress.

I got involved with helping translate for the official teacher sent from Matsumoto, Japan. Therefore, I learned about the “Teacher-Parent-Child” triangle of learning for skill building and helped incorporate the program into the Seattle community as a non-profit organization.

I became a believer in “development of a skill” as one of the best child raising ideas for future success as a human being. In a previous blog, I talked about Dr. Suzuki and his philosophy of “Every child can be educated” and his plan for starting children at age 3, so they could get in 10 years of practice before they get busy with high school activities.

Malcolm Gladwell in his book “OUTLIERS” talks about 10,000 repetitions to become a professional. The Japanese arts have a system of 10 years before becoming a “Master”.

Congratulations Zac for your road to being a Master!

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