Every Basketball Game I've Ever Played: 001

In first grade someone brought a basketball to school.  There was a basketball court on the playground.  No one really understood the rules of basketball.  One kid kept trying to kick the basketball.  A few kids didn't even bother dribbling.  They'd get the ball and run down the court and throw it at the hoop.  Soon no one was dribbling.  Looking back this lack of structure is frustrating.  Our development as fundamentally sound basketball players was corrupted by these first grade recess pickup games.  To be honest, the teachers on duty should have stepped in.  No one even bothered to keep score.  I’m not sure anyone made a basket except for Corey.  Corey was a fourth grader who sometimes would show up on the playground when the first graders had recess.  All the first graders thought Corey was cool.  They’d say, “Corey you’re so cool.”  Corey took the basketball and began making shots.  He even knew how to dribble.  After recess we all went back to our classrooms pretended we were Corey.  I asked to get a drink of water.  On the way to the water fountain I dribbled an imaginary basketball like Corey.  When I got back to the classroom a few fights had broken out.  One kid said, “No, I’m Corey,” and bit another kid.