Protecting The Brain

The heat was sweltering as Coaches Wilden and Petry were putting their Grade Nine boy’s gym classes through their paces on the football field. They had the kids running sprints and hitting football sleds. They were measuring vertical jumps and having people compete in long jumps, everything seemed very random, but none of it was. Both Coaches worked together to run the High School football team, the Warriors and without the students knowing it, they were auditioning them for their squad.

When time had elapsed and the class was officially over, the boys fell to the ground either trying to catch their collective breaths or to trying to get five minutes of rest. Coach Wilden and Petry walked around them with clipboards making note. They were looking at the boys trying to recover from the strenuous drills. They shook their heads dismissively. ‘’You look like fish out of water, suck it up. Go to the water fountain at the far end of the field and rehydrate. We want to talk with Mike Lessard, Lester Mills, William Parker, Earnie Anderson, Mordechai Cohen, Nick Letgiuk, and Billy Eaton back at the school during lunch break. You will come to the gym. We have great news for you, Coach Petry and I will see you then.’’

The Coaches never looked back as the boys headed for the water fountain. Sweat was rolling down off of everybody. William Parker threw up in some bushes near the field they had just been on. He looked pale and complained of severe stomach pains. When one of the boys caught up to Coach Petry to tell him about it, the Coach laughed. ‘’Tell him these exact words from me, Suck It Up Butter Cup.’’ It was crazy, none of the boys could understand why their teachers had worked them so hard in such unbearable heat. Mordechai who weighed about one hundred and fifty pounds and stood at five feet five was sure he had lost about six pounds during the workout. It had not been fun.

After waiting his turn in the water fountain line and being rushed to drink by the guys behind him, he made his way back to school. He went to the locker room and changed and went to his next class which was English, a subject he truly enjoyed. The teacher Ms. Littleton was inspiring and dedicated. When some of the gym class boys walked in, Ms. Littleton knew they had been working out, as they didn’t emit the nicest odour. They were teen boys going through puberty and…

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