【Education Essay】My Team, My Class, The First "Principal's Cup" Football League (Li Xiaona)
My team, my class
The first "Principal's Cup" football league has a feeling of Li Xiaona
April 2nd to April 9th, this short period of one week, for many people, is fleeting, but for me, for our team, for all the students of the fifth grade 16 class, it seems extraordinarily long.
From the school's release of the first "Principal's Cup" football competition regulations, to the formation of our class football team, to the first round of elimination, the second round of elimination, the semi-finals, and the third and fourth finals, on the afternoon of April 9, the football league came to a successful end for my class.
As a Chinese teacher who doesn't know how to play ball games, I didn't have any special feelings about the football league at first, but just thought it was an ordinary school activity. However, it wasn't until I watched four games from start to finish that I felt thrilling and shocking.
The team in our class has a very special ratio of men and women, and other classes have more men than women, but our class has more women than men, so the PE teacher is very worried about losing the game because the girls are not as good as the boys in terms of physical strength. After several sessions of physical education training, Mr. Chang selected two boys to play. Although they have not experienced professional training, fortunately, they have a strong understanding and have played a few games with girls.
In the first round of elimination, because the two sides did not know each other's strength, everyone played carefully, and in the end we took a narrow 1-0 lead and qualified for the second round. In the first game, I was calm, our cheerleaders were quiet, and our players played the first game in a calm atmosphere.
In the second round of the knockout round, the mood of the students was obviously high, and the audience erupted in thunderous applause and shouts from time to time, and the players also became more and more courageous in this exciting shout, although they were sweating profusely and running out of breath, they still did not dare to relax. With the perfect combination of five players, we won easily.
In the semi-finals, we played against our "Neighbor to the Door" Class 515, and the children were full of anticipation and apprehension at the same time. Because there is a fierce general Chang Zihao in class 15, he rushes east and west on the court, just like Changshan Zhao Zilong. He ran over like a whirlwind, and three or five people couldn't stop him. In the face of such a strong opponent, our players were terrified from the bottom of their hearts. In order to be inspiring, I gave each cheerleader a small red flag, and many students also sacrificed their lunch break to make cheering posters, no matter what the ending, the atmosphere must be full. During the game, the red flag fluttered and the shouts were bursting, but it seemed that the bigger the formation, the more nervous the players became, and the players lost many times. At first, we scored a goal first, and then the 15th class launched a fierce offensive and scored several goals in a row, and the cheerleaders held their breath when they watched it, and the football on the green field was like a sharp arrow at the moment, and the arrow hit the heart of that side in which direction the ball was kicked. The hearts of the cheerleaders in the stadium also rose and fell with the rolling of the football. “1:0！”“1:1!”“ 1:2!”“ 2:2！”“2:3！”“2:4！”“3:4！”...... No matter which side scores a goal, there will always be an exciting "battle report", and the cheers of the cheerleaders of the two classes will come and go. The game became more and more intense, and at the sound of a whistle, we lost 3:6 to Class 15, and the ending was decided, irretrievable.
The goalkeeper of our class cried, he couldn't help himself, he blamed himself while crying, the comfort of his classmates didn't work, and my kind words and persuasion didn't work. Tears were wiped and flowed out again, like beads with broken threads. Some of the team members couldn't help but sobbed quietly, and the other students also walked out of the playground weakly like deflated balls. Back in the classroom, everyone was silent. There was also warm liquid gushing out of the corners of my eyes, but I told myself that I was a teacher, I couldn't cry, and in order to cheer them up, I had to be an unbeatable Xiaoqiang first. I enlightened them with the story of Tian Ji horse racing, and I told them that although we lost the race, we won the hearts and minds, and the cohesion of our whole class was enhanced, and our whole class was a powerful collective.
After a day of adjustment, the students plucked up the courage to face the last competition, the third and fourth place competition. This time, we are fighting against the 57 class, and if we can get to this point, our two classes can be said to be evenly matched. The game was very intense, this class scored a goal, and it was immediately tied by the opponent, and I couldn't hear any other sounds in my ears, just one after another, "Come on!" "Come on!" "Come on!" ...... The whistle blew, the two sides were tied, and then the winner was decided by penalty kicks. can drag to the penalty, both sides are good, the penalty is winless, standing on the six-yard line is the king. At this time, the players of both sides, the cheerleaders of both sides, the coaches, the referees, and the hearts of everyone on the court were tightly grasped by this wonderful game. In the first round, the two sides were tied, and in the second round, the pressure on the players and goalkeepers on both sides increased sharply, the cheerleaders shouted into the sky, and my heart beat faster and faster, and with the cheers of our cheerleaders in unison, we finally scored a goal and narrowly escaped the victory. My classmates all came to me in huddles, and they were in tears again, this time tears of excitement. At this time, I sincerely thank my opponents, it is because of them that this wonderful game was brought about and the cohesion of the players was strengthened.
On the way back to the classroom, one of the students said something amazing: we didn't lose this league, they won us, we won "ourselves". I think that's the biggest takeaway from this game!
Contributed by Li Xiaona
Editor: Ma Qingming
Reviewer: Li Xiangjun
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