Quote Originally Posted by Melalvai View Post
Tri Girl, the adults are the hardest to change. The kids, especially 8-10 yr olds, are the "low hanging fruit". I found this concept very frustrating because it excludes everyone else. But I also saw it work. And on a personal level it worked too--if you have some easy successes it strengthens you to go after the more difficult ones. So I'd advise either dropping the attempt to get other teachers moving for now, or go ahead with it but expect it to be a complete flop--and don't let that prevent you from trying it again and again and again..................................................................................................

I have a selfish reason that I really want you to keep trying. I've been feeling very annoyed lately with some people who claim that "People around here just aren't interested in biking or walking" because they made one or two attempts and they didn't work out. Now if they said "I've tried every year for 20 years, and here's all the things I tried, and here's the data on each year", then I might be convinced that people really don't want to participate in that particular activity. But I won't be convince that people here are so much different than people elsewhere. Anyway, so I want your (eventual) success story to throw back in their faces--er, I mean, I want to use your success story to tactfully and respectfully win them over to trying again!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes one can't help but think that for some people they need a friend or another person to walk along, to divert the initial "difficulty" of walking to school or using alternate transportation.

But of course, that's not always possible.