The first week of my Economics class, my Chinese professor told us to write a short blurb about ourselves and we would get some extra credit. So I did, and of course, I mentioned footbag since I'm utterly obsessed with it. He wrote back saying that he had something like that in his country back home called "Jianzi" and that he was very good at it when he was younger. I was so stoked on this and he and I talked about it through email for a bit. I asked him if he would kick with me one day after class and he agreed.
...Today, Economics was so boring. So toward the end of class the professor said "OK, I realize most of you are falling asleep, because of very dry material, so I will end class in a fun way." I heard this and was kind of excited, because fun things are fun. He then pulls out a manilla envelope and says "Our fellow classmate, Nick..." My heart jumped... I had no idea what to expect. "...is going to put on a performance for us, I got this sent from my country." He pulls one of these babies out:
Then throws me the shuttle cock and says that it's mine, then tells me to perform for the class. I was so unprepared! I had slip-on Vans and tighter jeans on. And on top of that, this thing was SO not like a footbag! I put on a decent-ish show for the class, then class was dismissed. I walked over to the professor to thank him. After I shook his hand, he asked to see the shuttlecock. I passed it to him and he started hacking with it! He was pretty damn good for an older guy who hasn't kicked for quite some time.
His Highlights:
Butterfly Kick 
We hacked back and forth for a little, while some of our class stayed and watched.
I figured maybe a light-hearted, footbag story would brighten up everyone's day
THA END.
haha at least I was here after my frosh week!