As the new semester kicked off for the Crusaders, a new competition emerged between Riordan’s San Francisco Stories classes.
The four classes of the senior English course–taught by Brian Kosewic ’16, Susan Sutton, and Michael Vezzali-Pascual ’88– have been playing the SF Streets game, where players challenge their knowledge on how many SF streets they can name in an attempt to get 100 percent of the map completed.
Fatima Shaikh ’24, a student in one of the SF Stories classes, came up with the idea to have the game become a competition amongst the four classes.
“I have other friends in the other classes and being an SF native I wanted to challenge my friends to see who knew the city the best,” said Shaikh.
The rules of the competition are pretty simple: every Tuesday, as an opening activity, each class plays the game for five minutes.When the timer starts, students begin yelling out as many street names as they can while the teacher rapidly types in the given street names, adding to their score from that following week.
The winner will be determined before spring break based on which class has the highest percentage on the game.
Shaikh said, “I’m hoping for donuts, but I’ve heard my classmates mention an assignment pass!”
Vezzali-Pascual said the game, “asks students to pay more attention to their neighborhood,” and “allows students to learn street names in a fun, challenging way.
When asked who his top competitor is, he said, “Ms. Sutton’s class. She has serious knowledge of the small streets and was a reporter for the Glen Park Newspaper. She knows how to record the small details very well.”
As of now, Sutton’s class is in the lead with 47.43 percent. Kosewic tails close behind with 46.21 percent, while Vezzali’s blocks 8 and 5 sit at 34.36 and 37.76 percent respectively.
Whose class will come out on top? The front runner or an underdog? The answer will be revealed by spring break.
