Yesterday at lunch there was quite the conversation going
back and forth between Atef and Sameh. The seminarians were scheduled to play
football (soccer) after study hall and there’s nothing that spurs more
conversation at the seminary than football. Sameh is the leader of sports for
the summer course and since his team has won every game so far I’ve been joking
with him that he’s stacked the teams in his favor and is paying the referee a
little something on the side. Atef and Sameh are two of the best players and
are on the same team but yesterday Atef said he would play for the other team.
At lunch they sat at opposite ends of the table with me in
the middle and traded insults about the other’s lack of skills and lack of
teamwork. As I listened back and forth I taught them a new phrase: “talking
smack” and gave them multiple examples of how talking smack happens in my
parents house to this day among my siblings.
Atef loves his new phrase!
As long as he doesn't use it with the teachers.
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