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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Winning. And losingAt our sports days and rugby, football, cricket, etc matches - there was always a winner - and especially a loser. With a capital LOSER.
Losers often got beaten up.
Been on the giving and receiving end of them both - built my character I can tell you.
Away with all that PC bollocks - kids like to win. End of.
(, Fri 31 Mar 2006, 14:40, Reply)
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