I vaguely remember parts of my childhood. Not because I have forgotten, but because I chose to forget. In particular, I chose to forget about my history as a sportsman. This is because I was never one. I was nothing more than a bench warmer. I sucked at sports. After all these years, the only sport I have ever attempted to excel at is playing video games. But I'm now getting in over my head. This isn't about me, this is about Jakjak being a sportsman.
Jakjak's school recently held Junior Olympic Day. It's a closed school event, but with mum playing the role of a parent volunteer (PV), she had access to the event, the children, the teachers and this gave her the opportunity to try her hand out at being a soccer-mom.
As sports events go for primary schools, it's not all about championships and beating your opponent to a pulp. It's more about the children exerting effort and fostering teamwork. And that's what the children did, and they had fun while doing it. Of course, the parents of the kids doing volunteer work were probably cheering their own like crazy to win. And because there were a number of PVs there, some of the events made for teacher-student became parent-student events instead.
At the end of the day, Jakjak and his "team" brought home gold trophies for being the champion at P1 football, and mum and Jakjak also brought home a medal each for taking 3rd place in a parent-student event of stick-ball (gotta remember that he took home 3rd for Chapteh last year at K2 as well). Carelessly clumsy at times, when he is in control of his body movements, he seems to be an excellent athlete. The future is bright for this kid.
Jakjak's school recently held Junior Olympic Day. It's a closed school event, but with mum playing the role of a parent volunteer (PV), she had access to the event, the children, the teachers and this gave her the opportunity to try her hand out at being a soccer-mom.
As sports events go for primary schools, it's not all about championships and beating your opponent to a pulp. It's more about the children exerting effort and fostering teamwork. And that's what the children did, and they had fun while doing it. Of course, the parents of the kids doing volunteer work were probably cheering their own like crazy to win. And because there were a number of PVs there, some of the events made for teacher-student became parent-student events instead.
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