Faculty vs. Students

Tonight I attended the Faculty vs. Students Basketball Game. I literally bit my nails throughout the whole game. It takes a really good and interesting game to keep me paying attention. The game went into overtime twice and the students and faculty that were attending the game were just as engaged as the players. No one could even hear the obnoxious and loud comments from the announcer. I think the basketball game was an amazing idea for two reasons:

• BONDING- Faculty and students are always separated by "titles". This game helped to get the two groups united. The faculty at SEU is obviously older than the students. Finding something in common between all age groups is easy as long as it has to do with sports. Sports bring people together of all races, age, and social status. The remaining students in the audience could cheer for their teachers and their fellow peers on the court.
• REVENGE- If we'll all be honest with ourselves, there's been a teacher somewhere in our educational years that we did not particularly care for. Teachers will admit also that there's been that one student that gets on their nerves or drives them crazy. This game allowed both parties to take their anger out on the court. Even if the person that they wished to beat was not on the court, their peer was! Sounds childish but, we all have those feelings somedays.

The Basketball game had an amazing turn out and both teams put up a great fight. I was actually cheering for the Faculty. I was sad when they lost in the second overtime but it's jus a game for fun! I hope they decided to have another game like this next year.