School Sports DayAt some point in the distant past, someone at my school had built a large concrete tank behind the sheds and called it a swimming pool. Proud of this, they had a "Swimming Sports Day" in which everyone had to participate, even those who couldn't swim (they got to walk across the shallow end of the tank).
This would probably have been OK if the pool hadn't turned a deep opaque green the night before due to lack of maintainance. Even the school sports stars didn't want to go near the gloopy mess in the pool. We were practically pushed in. I'm sure some of the younger kids never surfaced again and the non-swimmers looked petrified.
Tell us your sports day horrors.
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chthonic, Thu 30 Mar 2006, 11:13)
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It appears that......the mods have deleted my post. Either that or I hit the wrong link and deleted it myself. Ah, no I didn't because my previous post has gone too. Disappointing. I repost my last anyway purely because if there's room for points of view like disasterprone's, then there's room for mine.
T-BONE - {thatbloke rolls eyes in a precocious teen fashion, fixes underwear and gets back to reading his Asimov novel, pausing only to raise a brief speculative eyebrow at T-Bone's funny walk} :)
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This QOTW is bringing out a lot of ill will, don't you think? We're keeping the site mods busy, that's for sure. And despite my best efforts to resist, I have to add my own to the cauldron.
Maybe it's because in addition to alienating those less able or inclined in areas of sportiness (which it did indeed, as apeloverage says), school sports was an open ground for those who enjoyed hurting others to do so whilst avoiding detention. I saw it happen a good few times at my school, where rugby was the game-most-played. Indeed, a number of posts here describe or indicate exactly that kind of action. The difference between those who got hurt and those who did the hurting, I'm finding, is proportional to the difference between those who hated school sports and those who loved them. Hate is easy when you're a kid, and it can stick with you.
Far from amusing or interesting, I've found this QOTW to be rather saddening.
And for the benefit of those who would label me a wanker or worse, I've said before that I was a dues-paid geek in school, but I didn't really shine or suck at sport as I was basically lacking enthusiasm, not understanding of the need for exercise. I never had much heart for team sports y'see - I dunno, possibly because I could never muster any honest camaraderie with the majority of my classmates. My views here are based purely on observation from what I'm coming to realise was a highly desirable inbetweeny-background stance.
On a slightly more venomous note though, I encourage geeks and jockstraps alike to read www.maddox.xmission.com/dumbassjocks.html - Maddox is a man after my own heart when I'm not feeling as niceguy as I am today ;)
(, Thu 6 Apr 2006, 10:15, Reply)
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