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Someone Plays Ultimate At Pinewood?
It’s a classic American sport. It involves throwing and catching an object. It features touchdowns. I am talking, of course, about the ever-so-relevant, universally loved and admired sport of ultimate frisbee. Ulti mate frisbee is so popular, in fact, that a whopping zero people at Pinewood play it competitively. But no. Pine wood’s very own literature teacher Eric Schreiber has a secret love for the sport that he has buried in the deep depths of his heart. Until now.
Schreiber is known for his banzai in litera ture classes, and also the unsuspecting cooler that he drags around every day. While the cooler contains Schreiber’s lunch, water bot tle, and a few other items, it, surprisingly, also hosts a big plastic plate.
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“I have a frisbee in there just in case I get an unquenchable urge to start throwing a disc around,” Schreiber said. “There’s been a lot of times where I’ve wanted to just whip out the good ol’ frisbee and play catch with some one.”
Schreiber’s love for the sport stemmed from his childhood, when he stumbled upon a stray frisbee that had been stuck in a tree. After get ting the unidentified object, Schreiber won dered what purpose it served. Stumped after 15 minutes of finding any use in the piece of plastic, Schreiber just threw it away, and that moment changed his life.
“It was like magic, it glided through the air like a thing of beauty, and it felt so unbe lievably pure and magical,” Schreiber said. “I’ve had a constant urge to throw a fris bee ever since.”
Schreiber’s desire to throw around his