We Have a Winner

Having skipped a grade by the time I got to high school and being naturally short, I was much smaller than the other boys in any gym class I took. I was a good runner, so I was evenly matched in many sports requiring one to be fleet of foot.

I was a terrible wrestler, however, because I probably was always at least twenty pounds lighter and a half head shorter than any of the other lads and never evenly matched. I would not stoop to paying another kid to let me win, so I almost always lost.

So whilst I was pinned quite a bit, I regret no one ever elected this move to finish a bout. Had that been the case, I think I could have been much more enthusiastic about the sport.