Gerrit's teacher is a HUGE football fan and the 2 of them have a special bond. They talk football at lunch and beyond. Ms. Hunt's son plays football for Rutgers and Gerrit paid special attention this fall to how Rutgers was doing. (They didn't do real well, but made it to a bowl game.) Gerrit thinks its cool that Ms. Hunt has a son who plays college football.
This fall, Gerrit wrote a letter to Andre and Ms. Hunt sent it to Andre. Andre did not write him back as he was busy with football. (He was a walk on this year and played offense in high school. He recently learned he was switched to Safety and potentially will get scholarshiped next year! It was fun hearing about his experience with a bowl game and all the perks the got through the whole ordeal (Ms. Hunt told me all about it!)
Today, Gerrit (and the class) had a special visitor - Andre! Ms. Hunt wanted him to stop in before he headed back to college so Gerrit could meet him. She took a picture of the 2 of them together and Andre gave Gerrit a Rutger's pencil. No one else in class got a pencil but Gerrit! At dinner Gerrit said: "I've never met a real football player before". He was in shock that he didn't say much to Andre. There is a chance Andre will be coming back to the class this week and hopefully Gerrit will step it up and talk to him!
I have a feeling that we will be going to a Rutger's football game in the future now that they will be in the Big 10. Gerrit still is a Duck's and Spartan's fan first, but there is a special place in his heart for Rutgers!
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How cool is that? Too bad he played the shy guy, but hopefully they will be able to connect again.
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