note to self

Quit teaching hip-hop to 15 year olds. Your knees are too old, and it takes at least two weeks for you to find a decent song that doesn't have the a-word in it.

Do not let your own children watch you teaching this class. They will want to get up and join in. They do not know how to hip-hop, so it will just look like they are mocking you.

They probably are.

But at least they look good doing it - you've taught them style if nothing else.

Revel in the fact that for now - you are still pulling it off better than most of the class. But tomorrow you will be walking like a crippled old lady.

Teach your children something useful like accounting, knitting or telemarketing so they will not suffer the same fate as you.