Walk Like An Egyptian

15 person pyramid. 

GAT, which stands for gymnastics, acrobatics and something I can’t remember, is a subject we have every Friday from 9.00 ‘til 10.50. And I’m quite sure I speak for the majority of my classmates when I say we have a bit of mixed feelings for this two hour long lesson:

At one hand, it’s extremely exciting, as we learn cartwheels, summersaults and other gymnastic moves that make you look cool. This is also what we do for the majority of the lesson. However, at the end, during the last half hour or so, we do circuit training and there is no mercy to be had from the teacher. Last Friday, which was our first meeting with GAT, three people threw up. This time no one did, and the training is certainly important, no doubt about that. 

But that is not really what I wanted to talk about. Yesterday, Friday the 19^th of October, we had our first go at making pyramids. According to the teacher, the second years had tried building a 15 person pyramid in their first lesson doing it, but had failed. Determined to beat our dear upper classmen, we got to work, and on the second try we actually managed to build a 15 person pyramid and hold it long enough for two pictures to be taken. 

It is a very taxing and difficult thing to do, and loud groans and calls of pain for me to hurry up could be heard as I (who had the very important task of taking pictures) lifted first one Iphone to take a picture and then another. When we were done, the teacher said he honestly didn’t believe we’d be able to do it so soon.