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Junior Girls Volleyball and Scoring Big on the GMAT
So, how is junior girls volleyball related to doing well on the GMAT?
I’ll let you decide.
Several years ago, I took a teaching position at a private school in
Victoria, Canada.
In addition to...
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Junior Girls Volleyball and Scoring Big on the GMAT
So, how is junior girls volleyball related to doing well on the GMAT?
I’ll let you decide.
Several years ago, I took a teaching position at a private school in
Victoria, Canada.
In addition to performing my regular teaching duties,
I was expected to “volunteer” for an extracurricular activity.
As the new
guy, I was volunteered to coach the junior girls’ volleyball team.
I started the process with a respectable amount of enthusiasm and
determination.
I was no volleyball aficionado, but I did my homework
and soon had the girls running drills and looking like a legitimate team.
After a few weeks of practicing, we were ready to play against other
schools.
So, each Wednesday, we hopped on the school bus, united by
our shared purpose and matching uniforms, and traveled across the city
to show off our newly-acquired skills.
It turns out we weren’t that good, and we lost our first few matches.
But that was okay, because we were h
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