so my pe teacher came to watch my volleyball game
he came to watch me last year, too, and now that i'm on a higher team than i was last year he was pretty excited to come, calling me over during class and all to ask about all of the details
he's like the nicest teacher and he's my favourite at my hs
i have him for advanced team sports this year and had him for PE 1 last year

anyway the game was going great until while i was serving, i forgot to wipe my shoes, so when i served, my left foot completely slipped underneath me and i shot the serve into the ref stand
which was really embarrassing
and i swear i've never done that before
the nerves must've got to me cuz not only was my pe teacher watching, but my club coaches were, my mom was, and some family friend who religiously preaches that her daughter is a head and shoulders above me despite her getting cut from all of her tryouts this year
anyways
that miss kinda hurt cuz i jump serve and i get some height
but i had to thug it out cuz if i got subbed out injury for slipping on a serve, that'd be the end of my pride

anyway the end of the game comes, we nevertheless have a big win 3-0
he comes to me he gives me a fist bump and he's like "great serves!" with a smile cuz he obviously saw that
i literally looked right at him after it happened and he laughed and gave me a thumbsup lol

i say "oh gosh that one serve was so bad"

and he just says
"so? you're still a good person. even if you slip on your serves." then he winks at me and goes back to talking to this other pe teacher

he said something else that also really touched my heart, but my memory is flawed and i hate that i can't remember that forever. i definitely would, if i could

so i was just awkwardly standing there taking that all in
really moved in a good way, but too taken-aback to reply or thank him profusely, for the matter

yk who knows if i'm a good person sometimes, but to have someone not show sympathy and just talk about something that betters yourself--that was one thing i promised myself to remember for others in the future

especially as someone who always used to give the "hey, you're all good" for other's mistakes on the court

everyone always talks about giving sympathy, but what about mentioning something good about them? it made me feel a lot better than if 100 people had told me "it's okay, you got the next one"

yeah, just a thought

yk pe teachers be giving you pacer, telling you to thug it out, allat, but in the end, they're pretty chill

a lot has been going on with my actual coach not liking me, some problems here and there with a lot of miscommunications and all, but sometimes when i'm just a little sad i try to lift myself and think, "well dang dude, your pe teacher thinks you're a good person."

minds don't really shutup very well sometimes, and it's all of those "he doesn't know you" "he doesn't know what you've done" "you're still a bad person" but maybe we don't gotta take things so complicated all of the time

take a compliment, because people don't give them just to give them--they mean it

i never expected my pe teacher to be one of my favourite teachers of all time

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