Hacky Sack

Clubs in school are meant to engage us all into a closer community. It's an opportunity to break those high school cliques, meet new friends and just have a fun time while sharing our interests. Clubs, furthermore, are open to anyone in the community and meant to be enjoyable for all. Now, hacky sack club, a fun way to get the students rollin', can indeed be a club... right? The director of the upper school, however, stated that it's an outside sport. Hacky sack might be an active mini sport, but it's still meant to played indoors. Hacky sack is just a mini soccer ball. How can it be an outside sport? With the director stealing away our hacky sack every time she sees us, she utterly destroys the whole purpose of the club, which is having an active, joyful time with our friends.

Admittedly, hacky sacks, although it's just a sack filled with sand, can be irritating, hearing kicking sounds repeatedly to the students who are trying to work since we were playing on the 4th floor. But at the same time, we are strictly considering where we would play. It's not like we're playing in the classroom or anything! It's not unintentional! We played on the 4th floor hallway so it wouldn't disrupt the students who are working or having class. We originally were set to play in the 7th floor, but nobody came since it's a tiring walk up the stairs. So we thought about the plaza, but it would just be too hard because nobody ever comes over there either, especially during the morning. So the only place where the students are mainly hanging out is the 4th floor foyer. The director, however, instead, takes it away and leaves us into great state of melancholy.

This isn't the purpose of clubs. Nor is it respectful. Not only did the director steal MY hacky sack, she also stole SEVERAL of them last year just because I was HOLDING my hacky sack. She needs to understand that it's not all about whether it's an outside sport or something else. It's about being social and meeting new people who, in turn, might teach new tricks. And the only way implement this is to play on the 4th floor foyer, the homeland of creating lasting and joyful friendships.