Tug-o-war

I was peacefully working at my desk on a sunny Friday afternoon when my co-teacher grabbed her camera and her coat and asked "are you coming?"

I guess I was.

We marched down the stairs and outside, where it seemed like the entire student body was gathered on the field. It was, in fact, the majority of the students and most of the teachers as well.

My co-teacher explained that for the Sports day on Monday they were going to have a tug-o-war now. I couldn't find the logic in that but I wasn't going to complain about the chance to spend my afternoon outside instead of looking over the same lesson plan fifty times.

The students went in teams of sixty and I must say, it was a pretty impressive event. They all seemed pretty glad to get out of the classrooms and to have some leisure time.

It was quite the event. I'm pretty sure I have never seen anything quite like it. And really I was so happy to be outside and standing that I didn't mind almost getting hit by shoes, slippers, or soccer balls.