2. It was Sean's first day at a new high school Most of the students had been nice to him, until he got into gym class. The coach had assigned two captains, Mike and Malik, and they were
picking teams from the boys in Sean's class. As Mike and Malik made their picks, it became
pretty clear to Sean who was popular and who was not Since Sean was short for his age.
Mike and Malik just assumed that Sean could not play basketball As Mike and Malik's choices
dwindled, Sean still remained amongst an ever-slimming pool of struggling athletes. Now there
were only two students left Sean and another kid who seemed nice but was reading a book
Mike and Malik joked about who was going to get stuck with whom, and then Mike made his last
pick. It was not Sean Sean sighed and reluctantly joined Malik's team. As soon as the game began,
Mike became aware of the error that he had made Sean quickly stole the ball from him and ran it
back for a layup. "The new kid got lucky" Mike remarked, but it soon became clear that Sean had
more going for him than luck. What Sean lacked in height, he made up for in speed, and he continued
to dominate the action on the court for the remainder of the game. With Sean's blazing speed and
crazy crossovers, Malik's team devastated Mike's, and that was the only time that Sean would be
last pick at that high school
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