A Belated Sports Day Report

Sports Day was a month and a half ago. I like Sports Day, I think they should have one in the American school systems; maybe some schools do. I remember Field Day when I was a kid, Sports Day is different though. It involves a full day of all the classes dancing and competing in various running activities and games. Parents and grandparents come watch their kids, and even are expected to participate in some of the dances. It's a big picnic, which is pretty nice.

Here is a video of a lot of photos I shot during my school's Sports Day:



I teach at an elementary school. Last year, I taught at a middle school. As much as I like my current school better overall than my last school, I have to admit that the Sports Day at my middle school was more fun. The kids at the middle school are obviously older, and thus more ridiculous, though less cute. At the middle school, the students bought matching class T-shirts and made a lot of elaborate signs, with some in English that said things that didn't make sense, but were a hoot to read. Overall, the middle school students were a lot crazier, and as a bonus, there were a lot of really pretty student teachers who were doing some in-school training at the time.

Last year's sports day wasn't all entertainment and beautiful women though. I remember distinctly that it was game 7 of the playoff series between the Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins. I kept running inside to catch pieces of the game on a choppy internet feed, and then running back outside to take pictures and generally be seen during intermissions. The Bruins lost on that fateful day, but all the students out on the playground didn't seem to mind. Weird.