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Grade 11: Table Tennis Students vs. Teachers Games

December 2, 2022

To promote the culture of table tennis at SHSID, members of the school table tennis team organized and held a tournament for SHSID high school students to participate in. The tournament gave students who are unfamiliar with table tennis an opportunity to try out the sport in the form of friendly competitions against their peers.

On December 1, the high school teachers—Principal Ma Feng, Ms. Liu Qin, and Mr. Hong Miao—formed a team to participate in the high school class tournament to foster positive teacher-student relationships and experience the thrill of competing in table tennis competitions.

Principal Ma went up against Oscar Wang from class 11(2) for the first round of singles. The two participants engaged in two fiercely close games, with Oscar winning by a few points in both rounds. Several points were particularly intense, with Oscar impressively spiking the ball with a forehand and Principal Ma skillfully blocking it back with a backhand. The round was immensely entertaining to watch, and while Oscar won, the spectators were unable to predict what the results would be until the games themselves ended.

Ms. Liu Qin went up against Joy Li from class 11(2) for the second round of singles. Compared to Principal Ma, Ms. Liu took a more offensive approach and used a sturdy but forceful forehand to combat all of Joy’s strong backhands. This game was intense—the audience was constantly on edge to see which participant would lose a point by making even the slightest mistake. The participants went into a deuce for the first set, but Ms. Liu ultimately won the round with a score of 2:0, creating even more anticipation for the upcoming doubles.

For the doubles, Ms. Liu and Mr. Hong Miao went up against Jeremy Yu and Joy Li. The teachers started the round by taking the lead with several steady backhands, but the students caught up immediately through unpredictable serves. Shortly after catching up, however, Mr. Hong turned the tables around by using powerful forehands. Nevertheless, the students out-thwarted the teachers by blocking their spikes and eventually emerged victorious with a score of 2:1.

Regardless of the final results of the teacher-student competition, all participants—whether they won or lost—were able to experience the rushes of adrenaline and the sheer pleasure of playing table tennis. The table tennis team hopes to see more students and teachers participate in these interactive events in the future.

(Written by 10-6 Cecilia Lien Pictures by high school teachers Edited by 11-8 Jessica Tan Supervised by Yueer Gao Reviewed by Qian Zuo)