This comic was inspired by my memories of playing basketball in P.E. class.
Whenever
the class played basketball, we'd shoot from the foul line first to
determine team captains. Whichever two students that made the shot first
would become a captain, then the two would take turns choosing their
team among the rest of the class. Though I wasn't much of an athlete,
thanks to the basketball hoop we had at home, I managed to get decent at
shooting from the foul line. Once, I ended up being the first to make
the shot in class. My initial reaction was excitement: “Oh boy, I’m a
team captain!” What I quickly learned, though, was that not too many
kids wanted to be on the team captained by a not-so-athletic student.
I
learned a valuable lesson that day – though it’s nice to know you have
the ability to be a team captain if you want, sometimes it’s wiser to
acknowledge someone is more qualified for the role, and maybe it’s a
little more altruistic to step aside and let that person take the role.
After
that day, I still joined in when the other kids “shot for captains”,
except I’d tell the class my shots didn’t count. I didn’t want to pass
up an opportunity to shoot hoops 😉
