I still remember the kids’s name. Devin. He was faster than Quicksilver,
the Flash and Superman all together. And then he graduated 5th grade and Ran off into Sunset
I still remember the kids’s name. Devin. He was faster than Quicksilver,
the Flash and Superman all together. And then he graduated 5th grade and Ran off into Sunset
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because we didn’t know penis length was a thing in 5th grade
Because I’m trying to flex on all the other kids with my light up shoes. As another commenter said, we then moved on to dick length as a replacement
Because kids like superlatives
It’s an easy to measure marker to help sort out everyone’s place on the status hierarchy.
Social hierarchy. Nowadays, that position is held by ‘influencers’.
Society would be in a better place if we were all still emulating the fast kid.
I don’t remember it being too important in my school, but that was how my brother got the nickname “Skeeter”
I was the fastest kid in elementary school. At least I thought I was all the way until 7th grade when I started running cross country. Turns out I wasn’t the fastest kid, there were a couple of other kids in my grade that were faster….they just had been half-assing it in gym class all those years.
At my school it was all about who was better at football (soccer for some).
It definitely was not in my case
Pre columbine = I can run fast as hell because I want to get to the front of the line and say FIRST!
Post-Columbine = If I run fast enough, maybe i can get to somewhere safe and survive.
it’s the easiest form of bragging rights at school. In other countries, it’s how high you’re ranked in your class.
but running is more interesting among guys.
then later the bragging rights get more complicated….
Funny in that when I look back on my life from 55 years I take great pride in the fact that I was the fastest kid throughout elementary school. Sure I did a few other things in life, but for whatever reason being fast when young always defined me a bit.
It’s only human natural..
Have you heard of this thing called the olympics and motorsport to name a few?
Idk but i was one of the fastest girls then suddenly Jessica was faster than me and like what the hell?
It was important to Bill Clinton too. He sent me a hand signed certificate for the presidential fitness award.
Brittany was the fastest in my school
There was an elite group of fast kids at my school, I was in the top three, I became absolutely consumed about being the fastest, I trained day and night, this continued from grade school until 8th grade, our group actually won state for 4×100, 4×400.
We play tag, flag football, kickball, all that shit. The fastest kid had a huge advantage and was always chosen first
Because Sonic is cool, and we’re trying to be like Sonic.
Was it? I have no idea who the fastest kid in school was. It wasn’t me and that was all that mattered.
Because you inherently knew that running fast was what you should do as a kid. And then you turned fifty and hurt just getting out of bed.
Easy to prove
There was a study I read about what makes little kids popular with the other gender and for elementary kids “run fast” was what girls liked in boys the most. Being funny was second place but it didn’t equal out with run fast until late high-school or college.
We’re hard wired to measure ourselves against our peers. In the absence of wealth, power, or other metrics, we run races, throw rocks, and invent yard games to test our mettle.
Darwinism.