For the second year in a row, we have hosted the ACAMIS middle school volleyball tournament right here in Taichung. That was this weekend and since I had relatively nothing to do, I decided to drive on over and cheer for the kids. I teach quite a few of them and since it's a small school, I know almost all others.
The volleyball was fun to watch, but perhaps the best part about going there was our unexpected welcome. We walked into the gym while the girls team was warming up and the boys were sitting on the bleachers ready to watch them. One of them must have spotted us come in because they started waving and then when we waved back one of them jumped up, ran to meet us, and gave us high fives. And then the next one ran up, and the next one. We successively high-fived the entire middle school boys team and went to go sit down on the bleachers thinking they all ran past us because they had somewhere to be. Instead, they just filed back and returned to sit all around us. It was pretty adorable because they all jumped out of their seats solely because they were so excited to see us there, it really makes me glad I went!
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