This is the story of my life so far: 69 years and counting.
Prequel: A Brief History of my Family in France
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Compared to North America, the school day in France ends 1.5 to 2 hours later. And there are almost no extra-curriculum sport activities organized by the school.
During our first year in Canada, we all discovered sport organized by the schools, mostly in high school.
Roseline spent only two years in high school in grades 11 and 12. As I remember, the only sport she played at school was tennis. She did not want me to go see her play, because she thought she was not very good. I respected her wish, but I would have liked to watch her play at least once.
Betty's main sport in high school was volleyball. She started in grade 9 and was a member of one of the two school teams for four years. She was what they called a "striker", that is more generally known as an "attacker". One of her teammates in the McRoberts High School volleyball team was Jennifer Joyce who later became Canadian champion and record holder in hammer throw.
I have watched the team play multiple times, either during the regular season or in tournaments. For a small school like McRoberts, they were reasonably successful. They went at least twice to the final round of the provincial championship and at least once got a medal, bronze if I remember correctly.
Betty also played in a club in Richmond. And her son Nathaneil is also currently playing volleyball in the same club.
Because I had a 7 seat minivan, I have often driven part of the team to tournaments in my car. Driving in the night with 5 or 6 girls, 15 or 16 years old, is very interesting. Because of the darkness, they seemed to forget that there was an adult who was listening to their conversation. I never interrupted them and I never made any comments later, but listening to these teenagers about being not understood by the rest of the world, but mostly by their parents, was quite an experience.
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Summary
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7
Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 Part 11 - Part 12 - Part 13 - Part 14
Part 15 - Part 16 - Part 17 - Part 18 - Part 19 - Part 20 - Part 21
Part 22 - Part 23 - Part 24 - Part 25 - Part 26 - Part 27 - Part 28
Part 29 - Part 30 - Part 31 - Part 32 - Part 33 - Part 34 - Part 35
Part 36 - Part 37 - Part 38 - Part 39 - Part 40 - Part 41 - Part 42
Part 43 - Part 44 - Part 45 - Part 46 - Part 47 - Part 48 - Part 49
Part 50 - Part 51 - Part 52 - Part 53 - Part 54 - Part 55 - Part 56
Part 57 - Part 58 - Part 59 - Part 60 - Part 61 - Part 62 - Part 63
Part 64 - Part 65 - Part 66 - Part 67 - Part 68 - Part 69 - Part 70
Part 71 - Part 72 - Part 73 - Part 74 - Part 75 - Part 76 - Part 77
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Part 85 - Part 86 - Part 87 - Part 88 - Part 89 - Part 90 - Part 91
Part 92 - Part 93 - Part 94 - Part 95 - Part 96 - Part 97 - Part 98
Part 99 - Part 100 - Part 101 - Part 102 - Part 103 - Part 104
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