Title
Document Type
Narrative Essay
Publication Date
1983
Excerpt
Many accomplished athletes have had meager beginnings, and I am no exception. Grade school phys-ed somehow failed to trigger any of my hidden coordination. All nine fielders, including the pitcher, always took ten giant steps forward when I tood a batting stance. When picking teams for kickball, my friends chose me last, that is, if I hadn't cleverly designated myself as official cheerleader. And every day I spent my fifteen-minute recess twirling two jump ropes in circles while two normal ten-year-olds weaved skillfully between them. Nothing, however, confirmed my belief that I would never be a Wheaties box candidate more than my memorable command performance on the Randall School sixth grade girls' basketball team.
Recommended Citation
Walesh, Kim, "I Plead Ignorance (1983)" (1983). The Valpo Core Reader. 157.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/157