Date: September 9th, 2026 9:29 AM
Author: luke the drifter (definite and ineradicable gauge of its upward moving)
I was a straight A student. It was 8th grade. We were coming down the home stretch, and the coach decided to off-handedly announce, "we're going to give a written final this year."
I pondered, nervously, what could we possibly be tested on.
He went on, "Don't worry though, it'll be simple questions like how many yards to a first down."
I panicked. A gasp caught in my throat. The world seemed to stop.
I had no clue.
What will this do to my GPA? What will my parents think? What will my friends think? (In truth, I had neither).
Despite having played football in both 7th and 8th grade, I had always been put on the O-Line and told to knock the guy in front of me over and maybe one of the linebackers behind him. I had no idea what we were trying to do in terms of moving the ball. That had never once been emphasized. Practices just entailed a lot of conditioning and then blocking. I even broke my arm in a blocking drill at the end of 7th grade. That Coach, who we all lovingly called Coach BlowJob, didn't believe that I couldn't move my arm.
Anyways, they ended up not having a test at all and everyone in athletics got an A just for showing up and being on the team.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901838&forum_id=2Elisa#50124261)