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Lunch recess - elementary/middle school years
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:24 pm
I went to public schools in south Louisiana (80s). From K through about 6th grade, lunch recess of 20 minutes after eating was the highlight of the day. The brief time that we didn't have to do exactly what our teachers instructed.
Talking with friends about what games to play that day, starting to split up teams, who would get the gear from teacher. These are the games we played with those listed 1st being most often:
Early elementary: freeze tag and jungle gym/monkee bars, little bit of Red Rover
Late elementary: kickball, football (both touch/tackle, sometimes depending on how strict teacher on duty)
5th grade: football(touch/tackle), tetherball, four square, then towards end of year we 'invented' a game we called tackle soccer (allowed to use hands, but if you were carrying ball like a RB, then you could be tackled - not sure how we didn't have any bad injuries with some guys outweighing others by 100+ lbs, became tackle the man with the football and 6 guys hanging off the kid who'd been held back twice).
6th-8th: basketball, football (mostly touch by then), tetherball, dodge ball on rainy days in gym, starting to transition to more casual throwing of footballs/Frisbees in later grades.
Some of my best friends went to another school and played a game they called 'koosh ball' during middle school. Basically kicking a hacky sack (koosh ball) over a line back and forth like volleyball. I was also jealous I never got to play that game.
Talking with friends about what games to play that day, starting to split up teams, who would get the gear from teacher. These are the games we played with those listed 1st being most often:
Early elementary: freeze tag and jungle gym/monkee bars, little bit of Red Rover
Late elementary: kickball, football (both touch/tackle, sometimes depending on how strict teacher on duty)
5th grade: football(touch/tackle), tetherball, four square, then towards end of year we 'invented' a game we called tackle soccer (allowed to use hands, but if you were carrying ball like a RB, then you could be tackled - not sure how we didn't have any bad injuries with some guys outweighing others by 100+ lbs, became tackle the man with the football and 6 guys hanging off the kid who'd been held back twice).
6th-8th: basketball, football (mostly touch by then), tetherball, dodge ball on rainy days in gym, starting to transition to more casual throwing of footballs/Frisbees in later grades.
Some of my best friends went to another school and played a game they called 'koosh ball' during middle school. Basically kicking a hacky sack (koosh ball) over a line back and forth like volleyball. I was also jealous I never got to play that game.
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:27 pm to litenin
We played tackle football exclusively. The playground was where they tore down the old school building so It was basically a concrete slab.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:29 pm to litenin
The worst feeling was when the teacher blew the whistle to go back inside.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:31 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Worst feeling was getting in trouble and having to stand on the pole and watch everyone else play.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:35 pm to litenin
we had 20 minutes at 10am
30 minutes at lunch
15 minutes at 145
when i got into jr high it went down to a single 20 minute break after lunch
30 minutes at lunch
15 minutes at 145
when i got into jr high it went down to a single 20 minute break after lunch
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:37 pm to litenin
Kickball from about 3rd-6th grade was the best. Our school ended up loosely organizing a major end of year kickball tournament among the classes that to my 8-12 mind was like the World Series.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:39 pm to litenin
In elementary we played a game we called king. First to the top of the jungle gym was the king and everyone else had to try to knock them off to become the king. It was one of these things. 
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:42 pm to litenin
1st - 3rd was Smear the Queer. Beyond that we became more organized and played tackle football with teams. We only had about an hour for recess and there were always a few guys that would constantly argue about penalties. It always frustrated me given that we had such limited time. I'm often reminded of those types when I read this board.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:43 pm to litenin
Everything you said there. We'd also play "handball" which was just baseball but with a soft squeeze ball (specifically the globe shaped ones) and pegs were outs of course.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:46 pm to litenin
I remember 4th or 5th grade we had DARE come speak to us about gangs and drugs. So that next day at recess we formed different gangs and would have rival “brawls” and “drive-by’s” which were just running by someone and slapping or punching them.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:51 pm to litenin
Mostly football and basketball.
We also had a phase where we played a lot of frisbee. Not ultimate frisbee. We'd just split into two massive "teams" on opposite sides of the yard and try to heave the frisbee as far as we could and get it to land without being caught on the other team's side. We used these:
They'd get stuck in a tree every once in a while and it turned into a new game to try to throw a football up and get it unstuck. You were the champ if you knocked it down.
We also had a phase where we played a lot of frisbee. Not ultimate frisbee. We'd just split into two massive "teams" on opposite sides of the yard and try to heave the frisbee as far as we could and get it to land without being caught on the other team's side. We used these:
They'd get stuck in a tree every once in a while and it turned into a new game to try to throw a football up and get it unstuck. You were the champ if you knocked it down.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:53 pm to litenin
British bulldog
All day everyday
All day everyday
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:56 pm to Jack Daniel
quote:
I remember 4th or 5th grade we had DARE come speak to us about gangs and drugs. So that next day at recess we formed different gangs and would have rival “brawls” and “drive-by’s” which were just running by someone and slapping or punching them.
In EBR at Woodlawn HS we had a Dare lady come around and talk to us. Bunny Purvis was her name ~1991. She was nice as could be and tried to get kids to open up and about drugs and alcohol and such.
This post was edited on 8/9/19 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:56 pm to litenin
Sounds a lot like mine. Loved those days. Kickball was the name of the game.
Kids these days will never know these slides. And being in the south, those things would get hot.
Kids these days will never know these slides. And being in the south, those things would get hot.
This post was edited on 8/9/19 at 2:58 pm
Posted on 8/9/19 at 2:58 pm to litenin
That intense game of smear the queer or 500 was fun AF
Posted on 8/9/19 at 3:00 pm to litenin
Our playground had 2 large multilevel forts about 100-150ft apart, so capture the flag was our #1 game throughout elementary school
Posted on 8/9/19 at 3:02 pm to litenin
One thing I’ll add is that at my elementary, we had this big 6-sided sand pit that turned into the Royal Rumble twice a day at recess. It had walls about 3 feet high on all sides.. so you’d run up and leapfrog into this pit full of raging children and random cat turds, and you’d basically mosh for 15 mins until recess was over. Unthinkable now, but dirty, violent fun back then. Bonus points if the lone teacher watching us was distracted and you got to lay out some kid you didn’t like.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 3:06 pm to litenin
I went to eat lunch with my kid last year and it was like prison compared to the good old days of the 80s and 90s.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 3:30 pm to lsu13lsu
I wolfed down my lunch to get out and play.
I hated school.
Constant pressure to compete vs the one or two other geniuses in class.
Lunch break and recess were my happy zone. Probably everyones.
I only liked one class.
I could sing. Carry a tune.
Read music. Glee club.
And it was mixed sex.
I was in it every grade so i became at home doing it.
I still sing songs from glee club, doing dishes or
in the shower.
I hated school.
Constant pressure to compete vs the one or two other geniuses in class.
Lunch break and recess were my happy zone. Probably everyones.
I only liked one class.
I could sing. Carry a tune.
Read music. Glee club.
And it was mixed sex.
I was in it every grade so i became at home doing it.
I still sing songs from glee club, doing dishes or
in the shower.
This post was edited on 8/9/19 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 8/9/19 at 4:20 pm to litenin
I was the 4-Square master. Normal rules or black magic, didn't matter because I was going to be in that #1 square serving all period
We played jeopardy with the football
One time in 3rd grade we spent every free play for about a month digging a giant hole with sticks. I think the goal was to dig some tunnels like on the show Recess
We also called it "free play" instead of recess
We played jeopardy with the football
One time in 3rd grade we spent every free play for about a month digging a giant hole with sticks. I think the goal was to dig some tunnels like on the show Recess
We also called it "free play" instead of recess
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