April 14th; Badminton

Today's class we played doubles for badminton with just our class in the large gym. I really enjoyed this because not only was this one of the sports that i find both easy and challenging but also had fun. The most important reason i liked this activity was because instead of playing with the same people I usually play with, this gym class was a change in a good way. An example of this is in volleyball; although its a team you usually only interact or talk with the people on your side of the court which might be people who you already know, and are close with. But this time, even though a net seperated my partner and i from my peers, I got to get to know them better and interact. Not only did I get to know my peers as opponents and got to see how active and competetive they were but I sort of bonded with them and learned more about them and who they are. Simran and I mostly played girls which was good because I got to know the girls in my class better, I bonded through small things like laughing and cheering eachother on, and dancing a little bit between serves and just having fun. It made me see that we have a bunch of outgoing and cool girls in our class once you get past their sort of shy shells. As for the guys we played against, i think it was only desmond, nick, chris, carter, and roman. I learned that the guys aren't really as scary or intimidating as they seem and are actually great competitors. So thanks to my peers for making it both an active and fun, over all my experience was awesome and itd be great to do this more often unfortunately i didnt get to take any videos or pictures.