Here's an extracurricular that not everyone will have on their college application. From the Star Ledger, Bloomfield kids are stacking the odds in their favor...

For the past few months sport stacking, a race to see how fast pupils can manipulate the plastic cups, has been a teacher- and parent-sanctioned obsession for the fourth-graders in Bloomfield's Demarest School. Yesterday's weekly relay gave them a chance to show off their skill. The school is one of a growing number around the world using sport -- or cup -- stacking to improve hand-eye coordination, concentration and logic.

"When they first told me about it I said if you are going to spend $250 on cups, buy me some books. Now I love everything about it," said Karen Magliacano as she watched her pupils crawl, run and slide across the gym floor.

If you want to learn how to speed stack, click here. Or watch the video above. And does anyone else see this evolving into some kind of strange drinking game down the road...

March 4, 2006 in Those Crazy Kids | Permalink