the beautiful game

No, not football. Though that's beautiful too. i'm talking about table-tennis. It's going to be years before i master it, i think. In the meantime, my 教练 (i suspect she trains the national youth team, or something along those lines -- i will ask the next time i see her) must feel about me the same way i feel about my students. It's humbling to not be able to pick up quickly enough something that somebody else completely takes for granted. i guess this should really make me more sympathetic towards my students ...
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