Badminton's the name, winning's the game...

Mike has been "teaching" badminton in PE class for the last 2 weeks. And when I say "teaching," I really mean learning a thing or two and getting spanked by some of his ridiculously awesome 5th graders who take lessons or are on a team outside of school. To give you perspective, if it were possible, the high school JV badminton coach from ICS would want to have some of these kids on her team. Badminton is huge in Asia and Mike... well, Mike just isn't Asian hasn't had the same opportunities to develop his mad badminton skills so yes, he has been getting owned at times...until recently.

Our dinner conversation sounded something like this the other night:
M: [excitedly] Today I dominated one of my 5th grade classes in a few games of badminton. I was like 9-0!
K: Oh yeah? So how does it feel to beat a 5th grader?
M: It feels incredibly satisfying to whoop on 10 and 11 year olds!
K: [laughing] Why don't you pick on someone your own size!
M: [jokingly defensive] They didn't do that for me before! And after getting beat up all week, it was nice to finish on a strong note.
K: [rolls eyes] You're so hard core.