Tag: sports
The Quimby Connection
Walk into the gymnasium of San Jose's Quimby Oak Middle School and you will smile in disbelief. "Go ahead and pass your test to the front of the room," you hear from the rich baritone of Dean Askanas. After wrapping up the test on football's rules – this is P.E. class, after all – the 7th- and 8th-graders quickly take the floor for pre-scrimmage calisthenics. The voice echoes through the room as the students follow Askanas' direction through a round of push-ups: "Down, one, down, two, down, three, down, four. ..."
