Intersting... I found that each question brought to mind a different sport.
For example, in grade school gym, I was always picked last and I was no good at any sports. It pissed me off, because I knew the reason I was no good was because I never got picked.
In Junior high, I was on the basketball team, and I was good and I liked playing, but the team had this INSANE dynamic where you passed the ball to the person you liked the best instead of the one that was in the best position to score. What the FUCK??? needless to say, we never had any great winning streaks and our coaches ended up crying a lot. Anyway, I played forward, and I NEVER missed a basket. If you got the ball to me, I could almost guarantee you two points. But no one passed me the ball because I wasn't popular. Made probably 4 baskets in one whole season. Most fucked up B-ball team EVER. When people tell me how sports taught them teamwork, I think, "Are you SURE about that? Are you sure you just didn't learn not to see people you don't like?"
Jr. High gym I mostly don't remember except that we did a unit on dance, and I faked an ulcer so I wouldn't have to do it.
High school gym, I wasn't really paying attention. I know that I learned that I'm prone to shin splints and that I'm better at sprinting-type things than endurance-type things. I sucked at arcery but I liked it anyway. What was really educational about high school gym was that my partner was Bouasavahn, a girl from Laos who didn't speak any English at all. Not one cotton-picking word. It was an education in non-verbal communication!
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on 2005-06-23 10:13 pm (UTC)For example, in grade school gym, I was always picked last and I was no good at any sports. It pissed me off, because I knew the reason I was no good was because I never got picked.
In Junior high, I was on the basketball team, and I was good and I liked playing, but the team had this INSANE dynamic where you passed the ball to the person you liked the best instead of the one that was in the best position to score. What the FUCK??? needless to say, we never had any great winning streaks and our coaches ended up crying a lot. Anyway, I played forward, and I NEVER missed a basket. If you got the ball to me, I could almost guarantee you two points. But no one passed me the ball because I wasn't popular. Made probably 4 baskets in one whole season. Most fucked up B-ball team EVER. When people tell me how sports taught them teamwork, I think, "Are you SURE about that? Are you sure you just didn't learn not to see people you don't like?"
Jr. High gym I mostly don't remember except that we did a unit on dance, and I faked an ulcer so I wouldn't have to do it.
High school gym, I wasn't really paying attention. I know that I learned that I'm prone to shin splints and that I'm better at sprinting-type things than endurance-type things. I sucked at arcery but I liked it anyway. What was really educational about high school gym was that my partner was Bouasavahn, a girl from Laos who didn't speak any English at all. Not one cotton-picking word. It was an education in non-verbal communication!