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[quote name="up with pod people"]man I loved dodgeball -- never saw any of the "pick on the little/fat kid" stuff the stereotypes are based on. everyone was laughing too hard and running for the fun of it to pick on anyone, which was otherwise uncommon. but that was the only game we ever really played and then only rarely. as for what I loved/hated it didn't matter. if the teacher hates you, you cannot win any game, test, or challenge. and when you cannot win you lose interest in playing. the Canada Fitness Test was an excellent example of this. with a late-year birthday, I was just under the age cutoff and for once in my life achieved "excellence" despite being a really slow runner -- the endurance run usually knocked me out of placing above bronze. the PE teacher tried to argue that I shouldn't get it because I was <i>almost</i> the next bracket up and should therefore get silver. thanks, teach. also like many girls I hated competitive sports, but hey, maybe I was just being a misanthrope like my dad said! so once I tried to be a peppy Joiner and have Team Spirit and cheer Our Side and the PE teacher's pet ratted me out for being "unsportsmanlike." I got yelled at in front of everyone while the smug little bitch grinned. thanks, teach.[/quote]