which is better- to be tall or short?

I would say it is better to be tall, but not too tall. I am short, about 147cm. So I am quite comfortable in most things that I do. A short person has a number of problems when it comes to doing things. So does a tall person. The first thing i notice about a short person is that we has difficulty riding bicycle. Our leg are not really long enough especially when we has to stop. Otherwise,they will fall off. This is of course very inconvenient, but I supposethey have to live with it and adjust accordingly. On the oher hand a person who is too tall may find that his knees get in the way when he rides a bicycle. So he has to adjust the seat as high as possible. Similar this problems accurs again for very short and very tall people when they sit down on chairs. A short person may find that his leg can hardly touch the ground while a tall person may find his leg very inconvenient especially if there is a desk in front of him. One of my classmate is more that 6 feets tall. His leg are so long that he has to sit sideways. He cannot get his leg under the desk. I'm sure he finds it very uncomfortable. When it comes to sports and games, a tall person definitely has a advantage over a short person. Physically a tall person is usually stronger thus he can run faster, jump further and higher, and generally performs better in most sports and games. A tall person will be much useful in a volleyball o a basketball game. A short person is handicapped in most games and he has to work very much harder to compensate for his lack of height. One other thing i notice about short people is that they usually have straight back perhaps this is due to their lack of height so they stand as straight as possible in order to look as tall as possible. Conversely, tall people tend to hunch. This is probaly because they frenquenly band their bodies to avoid knocking their head against doorways and other things. In give them a permanent hunch. Short people do not have problems buying clothes and shoes. Very tall people have big problems doing so. I know a very tall guy who wear size 14 shoes. He says it is impossible to get them locally. So he has to get them specially imported and that cause him sizable amount of money. Thus i have to say that it is this advantages to be short being too tall also inconveneint. The best is somewhere in between. I can play most games fairly well and do not have problems with shoes and clothes. Anyway who can really say which is better, being short or tall? We just have to leave as best as we can according to our physical height it is not something we can change. We made the best whatever we have.

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