Junior High PE

I am curious about Jane. She is an albino; a person with white hair, milky white skin, and pink eyes. She is the first albino I have ever seen. I don’t know her, she in my Physical Education class.

We are learning to shoot with the bow and arrow. I sneak a peek at Jane and see her raise her bow and pull the bowstring back by her ear. She hooks her glasses with the bowstring and shoots them across the field. The glasses rotate in little circles as they fly through the air. If the target is the ground, she has scored a bull’s eye. The bell rings, ending the class, and we all run to the dressing room.

The next sport we learn is soccer. Ms. Jean, the teacher, explains the rules and we are ready to play. Jane is on my team. The ball is put into play. Mary kicks the ball to me, I run with it, and pass it to Jane. Jane is a little off balance when she plants her left foot, draws back her right foot and kicks her left foot out from under her. She falls on top of the ball. The opposing team sees an opening, and attacks with the energy of a school of sharks in a feeding frenzy. Both teams dash toward the goal. Jane lies there moaning. She will have some color tomorrow, if albinos can turn black and blue. I like Jane. She’s funny.

We are now one goal down. In Junior High PE class there are no referees with yellow and red cards to come to the rescue. It’s “Survival of the Fittest.” My team puts the ball into play and we race toward the goal, the goalie looks up in terror! She sees the whole class rushing at her and runs for safety at the sideline. Saving life is more important than saving a goal, especial when it’s your life, and like the losers always say, “It’s only a game.” We score and once more we are saved by the bell, and the period is over.

The next day Ms. Jean decided that I am too rough, I prefer skilled, for my class mates to guard, so she will play against me. I am delighted. I am going to show her how good I am. Jane passes me the ball and I am running down the field when Ms. Jean goes for the ball; I knock her down, run over her and black her eye with my elbow. We both feel like crying. I love this teacher!

First Aid is the next subject in PE class, and it will be useful in surviving this class! To stop bleeding you elevate the limb and apply direct pressure to the wound. In case of fainting the head should not be higher than the heart. Ice is applied for sprains and bruises, or you could just get out of class using that age old ploy, a fake PE excuse.