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Blending In, Wednesday, Period 6

When the students arrived to class today, they would find themselves inside a sports bar filled with televisions and loud patrons.

"There are few things that bring people from different cultures together better than international sports," Ziva said, dressed a little differently than normal. If her father was dead, he'd be rolling in his grave. "In case you have not been watching the television, the World Cup is currently being held in South Africa, pitting football - or soccer - teams from different countries against each other to see who comes out on top." The euphemism was easy to remember if you just thought about soccer players being on top of each other.

"There are two games going on right now," Ziva continued. "Pick one that you would like to watch, and then pick a team to cheer for - but you'd better put on the team's jersey, or you will get thrown out. Sports fans take solidarity very seriously sometimes."

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Spain (http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-78507158105148_2111_15815362110) vs. Switzerland (http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-78507158105148_2111_15011074651).

Ben didn't care which team won, but he would give a lot of credits to whoever got the buzzing noise to go away.

Soccer wasn't a game Claire knew much about. She decided to root for Switzerland simply because their colors were red and white.

"Do you understand the rules of the game?" she asked.

"Not really," Ben admitted, "but it seems pretty straightforward. The team with the most balls in the goal wins, right?"

Claire nodded. "Well, yeah. And I know they can't use their hands. But I don't understand what the penalties are being called for."

"Well that guy just kicked that other guy, so you probably can't do that," Ben mused.

"Probably not," Claire agreed. "I don't know. I like regular football better."

No, she didn't quite grasp that soccer was called football before American football existed.

Ender amused himself by tugging on a Switzerland jersey; from what he'd picked up in the papers, the country hadn't exactly been thought of as a potential finals candidate. It... amused him even more when the Swiss actually won. In an absent kind of way - sports weren't his thing.

South Africa (http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-78507158105148_2111_14777342294) vs. Uruguay (http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-78507158105148_2111_14355479949)

Del couldn't decide who to cheer; both teams' names were so funny!

So she was taking regular intervals of time to cheer both. Practical? No. Incredibly amusing? Heck yeah.

James donned the jersey for Uruguay; of the four, it was the least obnoxious...or the least likely to scream 'target' in a crowd.

And when the game started? "Gods! It's barrel-ball!" he exclaimed!

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Blending In, Wednesday, Period 6

Jersey up and watch a game!

Spain vs. Switzerland

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South Africa vs. Uruguay

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