Anon is struck by the state of the education system
>be me
>highschool gym class
>shirts vs skins
>take off shirt
>gym teacher sees my bruises
>get called into office
>asked if bruises are from home
>no these are from school
>oh ok
>never chosen for skins again
>thanks gym teacher
High school gym classes are usually separated by gender. That said, I think this is fake - pinnies/vests are not very expensive and can be reused for years.
Definitely real, I did it in the 90s and hated it. You don't take your shirt off, you keep your arms in, but you raise the front behind your neck so it all bunches up at the top. I was chubby then and that was definitely a core memory of self-consciousness.
This whole thread is hilarious. I've never seen any sort of distinguishing mark used, throughout the years. Whether on the play grounds or during phys.ed classes, or when I was in sports clubs.
How on earth did we manage?
Apparently we had enough brain cells to remember teammates.
Like, seriously, the whole discussion is so alien to me.
I'm talking about all the schools I've ever been to. There is no such thing as skins vs shirts, in France. Classes are around 30 people usually. Never even heard of it until I went on the Net and was exposed to the US culture.
From primary school, we would have people pick teams one at a time. So yeah, you would remember who was in your team.
I think the most numerous game would be football, but that would rarely be eleven a side. I ain't saying I'd remember everyone's name, but yeah, you generally remember the people on your side.
It helps that people are generally running in the same direction, or trying to attack you, you know?
Faking being on the same team so you'd get passed the ball... never happened, in my experience.
By mistake, sometimes, but you'd have so many of your team mates shout at you for the mistake that you'd not do it again, haha!
Like I said, I'm really baffled this isn't the norm. Maybe it's a Gen X thing?
But that makes no sense. Younger generations are supposed to be more sociable, with much larger pools of "friends". So surely it should be even easier for ye.