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Cargando... Not a Games Person (Yellow Jersey Shorts)por Julie Myerson
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'This is the story of a girl who lost a race - who has always lost all races...' You either loved it or hated it, looked forward to it or dreaded it, but we've all been forced to do it. Sometimes a note could get you out of it, but the following week there you'd be again, writhing on a cold and dusty gym floor in your underwear. We've all forgotten our kit, endured the sweaty changing rooms, the freezing cross-country runs, the pubescent torture of communal showers supervised by a (fully clothed) teacher. PE is one of life's great levellers, a uniquely ruthless aspect of school experience which shapes us all and leaves its traces in unexpected and lingering ways. In this latest addition to the acclaimed series of Yellow Jersey Shorts, Julie Myerson explores the ecstasy, but mostly the agony, of school sports and PE. Skinny, timid, knock-kneed and 'not a games person', according to her teachers, Myerson now asks the question: why not? ... No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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She doesn't just cover games at school - she also tracks down some old teachers, talks about her feelings when her own child was doing games at school, and also her family life.
This brought back a lot of memories of doing games at school, and how horrendous it could all be, but nevertheless I loved reading it. Julie Myerson writes excellent non-fiction and I'd definitely recommend this very short read to anybody who remembers doing games at school. ( )