My First Post

— Oscar Wilde.

Sports is not something anyone ever affiliates with me. Since elementary school my peers have known me for being monumentally bad at anything with a ball. As far as watching sports — the same thing, really. I know a thing or two, literally, about basketball and football and absolutely nothing about soccer or hockey (except that there’s a team called the Bruins, unless my romance novels are making up teams). So for that reason, I’ll say that my favorite sports teams are the 49ers and the Red Sox because that’s who my dad likes. In terms of players: Joe Montana because he likes him and David Ortiz because he likes him too. When it comes to sports, I used to be fascinated with gymnastics and still would be if I watched it, especially compared to all the other sports. I used to admire Shawn Johnson and Gabby Douglas. Gymnastics is probably the only sport I actually know the rules of because one, I used to do it, and two, as I mentioned, I used to watch it. But football, baseball, basketball — those are all foreign to me.

Now! You might be wondering, “Then why’d you take this class?” Well, if you think it’s because it worked with my schedule unlike JRN 227, then you’re right. However, in thinking about this class over and over and making a list of pros and cons between in and the aforementioned, this one came out as superior for reasons beyond convenience. I may not know about sports but it’s not because I hate them or anything, it is rather that I have never been exposed to them. I don’t know anything beyond the fact that a touchdown is worth six points but only because I never watch football. And I thought to myself, “What if I actually end up liking sports?” Obviously, it could and would never replace my love of romance novels, but even so, I figured why not branch out and learn something new. It is, after all, my last semester of college, so before I never take a college course again, I should see if there is something out there (this sports class) that sparks my interest and could be a potential job for me in the future.