Young Adult Revisited

Mallory hates gym, and she hates it even more when SMS decides to hold co-ed gym classes. She’s sure that the boys will be horrible even though class hasn’t started. The teachers run volleyball games during class and naturally Mallory is a terrible player. She keeps doing everything wrong, she can’t hit the ball and she runs when the ball comes towards her. One of the boys even stomps on her foot and another hits her in the face with a volleyball. After a few classes, she’s had it with gym. The teacher benches her once and then Mallory decides to bench herself. The teacher gives her detention every day she won’t play, which leads to Mallory not playing every day. The school sends home a detention notice and Mallory arrives early to take it out of the mailbox. Her mom finally sits her down and talks with her about the detentions. She encourages Mallory to talk with her teacher about getting some help with the game. The teacher refuses because she doesn’t want to pull an