Today class was in a regular classroom, albeit with a large screen at the front for him to show things on.

"Today," Jon announced, "we're going to briefly cover sport." He grimaced. "I'm not much of a follower myself, but for many people it's an important element of life." For some reason.

"In the United States, one of the major sports is called football." He showed some footage as he spoke. "The rest of the world refers to this as American Football, because 'football' elsewhere is this." He showed different footage. "Because you play it with your feet, which at least makes sense. American football is more similar to rugby. Sort of. In all of these sports, there is a ball, and two teams, and each team has to get the ball into the other team's net or end zone. That seems to be how a lot of team sports work."

There was different footage now. "Basketball is another US sport that follows this rule, although the field - called a court - is much smaller. As are the nets."

He changed the footage yet again. "One exception to the format is another major sport in the US, baseball. In this sport, one team stays on the field, and the other hits a ball and then tries to make it around these bases, while the first team tries to prevent them from doing so.

"All of these sports have a lot of fans. That is, people who enjoy them, cheer for the team from their city or a city they identify with, and follow their exploits. Often people will get together and have parties while watching the games, or travel to view them in person."

The screen split to show four different things at once: swimming, gymnastics, fencing, and surfing. "Right now, something called the Olympics is going on. It's based somewhat on an old Greek tradition and was revived last century. Nations all over the world - at least the ones that can afford it - send athletes to one location to compete in sports. Right now it's in France. Mostly. It's meant to be every four years, though lately there have been some exceptions, and the summer and winter games are split so there's really games every two years. Anyway, there are a lot of different sports going on, and whichever individual or team wins or comes in second or third is awarded a medal. It's all very competitive."

He frowned slightly at the screen before turning back to the class. "If you have any questions about any of the sports I've mentioned or others I haven't, please let me know, and I will do my best to answer them."