My counterpart is the epitome of a girl. A Bulgarian girl. She's teeny-tiny, so petite that I'm pretty sure she doesn't have the same organs that I do - she's definitely missing some. Not only that, but it's obvious that she's never played a sport in her life and any type of strenuous activity is a completely foreign concept to her.
Sometimes, while teaching English, we mime things and the students have to guess which verbs we're acting out. She can handle verbs like read, write, and walk. But the time I saw her act out "playing basketball" may have been the funniest thing that's ever happened to me...in Bulgaria...in that classroom. Whatever, it was funny.
She hops around, does this strange thing with her hands, then makes this half-hearted effort to, I think, shoot the ball.
She's so uncoordinated that, even though the ball doesn't actually exist, I'm pretty sure she dropped it. And then missed the basket completely.
The students stare at her in wide-eyed confusion until a brave student ventures, "Riding a horse?"
Nope, but good try.
"Jogging with a yo-yo?"
So close.
-Age
I wish my kids responded to sillyness. Whenever i had tried all i do is loose classroom control.
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