Blending In, Wednesday, Period 6

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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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Re: Spain vs. Switzerland

[endsthegame]

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.