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Intro to the 21st Century, Tuesday, Second Period
The class had received a handwavy email telling them to meet Cindy at Fast Eddie's in town. She met them at the door, wearing her own (non-hideous) bowling shoes. "So, you all survived Parents' Weekend," she said with a smile. "Congratulations. As a reward, we're going to cover some common pastimes of the 21st century."
Waving them further in, she pointed to several different sections of the establishment. "So, we have bowling, billiards, and an arcade," she said. "Bowling has been around for centuries, but most of the time bowling refers to modern ten-pin bowling. The point of the game is to roll one of these balls--" she hefted a large blue one, it's size almost incongruous with the size of her hand, "--down this center lane and knock down as many of those pins as you can." With a small running start, she sent the ball easily rolling down the alley, knocking over six of the pins. "You don't want your ball to end up in those gutters on either side," she added, as her ball returned. "Or you'll hit no pins. You get two rolls per frame and the person with the highest score at the end of all the frames, wins."
Moving over to the pool tables, she began neatly racking the billiard balls. "Billiards is another sport that has been around for a very long time and, in America anyway, refers to all games played with a cue stick. There are many different kinds of games you can play with a cue; the most common game is pool of either the eight- or nine-ball variety, though there is also camabole, which is played on a table without pockets, and Snooker, which is played with a set of specialty balls."
Having finished racking the balls, Cindy held up a pure white ball. "This is called the cue ball. In a typical game of nine-ball, you use your cue stick to send the cue ball rolling into the other balls to try to send them into the pockets at the table. You must knock the balls into the pockets in numerical order, starting at the one ball and ending with the nine. If you manage to sink a ball, you may take another shot. If you fail, or sink the cue ball, which is known as a scratch, play moves on to the next person."
She didn't take a shot, leaving the table set up, and led them over to the arcade. "Unlike bowling and pool, arcade games are a relatively new invention, though some of the games themselves may be based on older games. But arcades didn't appear until the last century, with the advent of electronics, though Pinball's been around since the 1930's. Arcades have many games, too many to try to teach, so feel free to wander around and check a few out. However, perhaps the most iconic arcade game is Pinball, which involves moving a small metal ball around the playing field, using only the flippers and levers controlled on either side of the machine."
Grinning at them, she said, "So, for the rest of class, the games are yours. Try things, learn to play, brush up on skills. Have some fun and relax. Call friends to come if you'd like. Have some 21st century fun, okay?"
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Waving them further in, she pointed to several different sections of the establishment. "So, we have bowling, billiards, and an arcade," she said. "Bowling has been around for centuries, but most of the time bowling refers to modern ten-pin bowling. The point of the game is to roll one of these balls--" she hefted a large blue one, it's size almost incongruous with the size of her hand, "--down this center lane and knock down as many of those pins as you can." With a small running start, she sent the ball easily rolling down the alley, knocking over six of the pins. "You don't want your ball to end up in those gutters on either side," she added, as her ball returned. "Or you'll hit no pins. You get two rolls per frame and the person with the highest score at the end of all the frames, wins."
Moving over to the pool tables, she began neatly racking the billiard balls. "Billiards is another sport that has been around for a very long time and, in America anyway, refers to all games played with a cue stick. There are many different kinds of games you can play with a cue; the most common game is pool of either the eight- or nine-ball variety, though there is also camabole, which is played on a table without pockets, and Snooker, which is played with a set of specialty balls."
Having finished racking the balls, Cindy held up a pure white ball. "This is called the cue ball. In a typical game of nine-ball, you use your cue stick to send the cue ball rolling into the other balls to try to send them into the pockets at the table. You must knock the balls into the pockets in numerical order, starting at the one ball and ending with the nine. If you manage to sink a ball, you may take another shot. If you fail, or sink the cue ball, which is known as a scratch, play moves on to the next person."
She didn't take a shot, leaving the table set up, and led them over to the arcade. "Unlike bowling and pool, arcade games are a relatively new invention, though some of the games themselves may be based on older games. But arcades didn't appear until the last century, with the advent of electronics, though Pinball's been around since the 1930's. Arcades have many games, too many to try to teach, so feel free to wander around and check a few out. However, perhaps the most iconic arcade game is Pinball, which involves moving a small metal ball around the playing field, using only the flippers and levers controlled on either side of the machine."
Grinning at them, she said, "So, for the rest of class, the games are yours. Try things, learn to play, brush up on skills. Have some fun and relax. Call friends to come if you'd like. Have some 21st century fun, okay?"
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Re: Class Activity: Explore the Games--Bowling
"These are so ugly!" she said, wrinkling her nose at the pair before her.