Mu nyumba yosungira okalamba ku Omaha, USA, azimayi okalamba oposa khumi akukhala m'khonde akuphunzira masewera olimbitsa thupi, akusuntha matupi awo monga momwe mphunzitsi walangizira.
Kane pa sabata, kwa zaka pafupifupi zitatu.
Ngakhale wamkulu kuposa iwo, mphunzitsi Bailey nayenso wakhala pampando, akukweza manja ake kuti apereke malangizo. Azimayi okalambawo anayamba kuzunguliza manja awo mwachangu, aliyense akuyesetsa momwe mphunzitsiyo amayembekezera.
Bailey amaphunzitsa kalasi yolimbitsa thupi ya mphindi 30 pano Lolemba, Lachitatu, Lachinayi, ndi Loweruka m'mawa uliwonse.
Malinga ndi Washington Post, Coach Bailey, yemwe ali ndi zaka 102, amakhala payekha m'nyumba yosungira anthu okalamba ku Elkridge. Amaphunzitsa makalasi olimbitsa thupi m'khonde pa chipinda chachitatu kanayi pa sabata, ndipo wakhala akuchita izi kwa zaka pafupifupi zitatu, koma sanaganizepo zosiya.
Bailey, yemwe wakhala kuno kwa zaka pafupifupi 14, anati: "Ndikadzakalamba, ndidzapuma pantchito."
Iye anati ena mwa omwe amachita nawo masewera olimbitsa thupi nthawi zonse ali ndi nyamakazi, zomwe zimawalepheretsa kuyenda, koma amatha kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi otambasula mosavuta ndikupindula nawo.
Komabe, Bailey, yemwe nthawi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito chimango choyendera, anati iye ndi mphunzitsi wokhwima. "Amandiseka kuti ndine wankhanza chifukwa tikamachita masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndikufuna kuti azichita bwino ndikugwiritsa ntchito minofu yawo moyenera."
Ngakhale kuti ndi wokhwima maganizo, ngati sakukondadi, sadzabweranso. Iye anati: "Atsikana awa akuoneka kuti akudziwa kuti ndikuwachitira zinazake, ndipo zimenezo ndi za ine ndekha."
Kale, mwamuna wina adatenga nawo gawo mu kalasi yolimbitsa thupi iyi, koma anamwalira. Tsopano ndi kalasi ya akazi okha.
Nthawi ya mliriwu inapangitsa kuti anthu okhala m'deralo azichita masewera olimbitsa thupi.
Bailey adayamba kalasi yolimbitsa thupi iyi pomwe mliri wa COVID-19 unayamba mu 2020 ndipo anthu anali okhaokha m'zipinda zawo.
Ali ndi zaka 99, anali wamkulu kuposa anthu ena okhala m'deralo, koma sanabwerere m'mbuyo.
Iye anati amafuna kukhalabe wokangalika ndipo nthawi zonse wakhala waluso polimbikitsa ena, choncho anapempha anansi ake kuti asunthire mipando m'khonde ndikuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi osavuta komanso kusunga mtunda wautali.
Motero, anthu okhala m'deralo anasangalala kwambiri ndi masewera olimbitsa thupiwa, ndipo akupitirizabe kuchita zimenezi kuyambira nthawi imeneyo.
Bailey amaphunzitsa kalasi yolimbitsa thupi ya mphindi 30 Lolemba, Lachitatu, Lachinayi, ndi Loweruka m'mawa uliwonse, ndi kutambasula pafupifupi 20 thupi lapamwamba ndi la pansi. Ntchitoyi yalimbitsanso ubwenzi pakati pa akazi okalamba, omwe amasamalirana.
Nthawi iliyonse pakakhala tsiku lobadwa la wophunzira pa tsiku la kalasi yolimbitsa thupi, Bailey amaphika makeke kuti akondwerere. Iye anati pa msinkhu uwu, tsiku lililonse lobadwa ndi chochitika chachikulu.
Chikwama chamagetsi chophunzitsira kuyenda chimagwiritsidwa ntchito pophunzitsa anthu omwe ali pabedi komanso omwe ali ndi vuto loyenda pansi pa miyendo. Chimatha kusinthana pakati pa ntchito yamagetsi ya chikwama chamagetsi ndi ntchito yothandizira kuyenda ndi kiyi imodzi, komanso yosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito, makina oyendetsera mabuleki amagetsi, mabuleki odziyimira okha akasiya kugwira ntchito, otetezeka komanso opanda nkhawa.
Nthawi yotumizira: Juni-08-2023
