My Recess Memory

Ahh... RECESS! Just that word brings back so many memories and all of them occurred at a place called Highland Christian School. There were, of course, different stages of recess. In kindergarten and part of elementary we had the old brown playset and the little field to run around in. Then, sometime later in elementary we got the new bright colored playset. I remember when Mr. B was helping building that and there were these really deep holes for the poles to go down in (i think they were made by some machine) and i got down inside and it was so scary because you were basically underground in this maybe 3-4 feet wide hole that completely covered up your height. Anyway, I also remember inside recesses in the gym where we would play knockout and get out boardgames to play on the bleachers. Then, as we got older recess was more of a time to take a break from school rather than for getting all our energy out and it was spent on the swings or maybe playing soccer in that old dusty field. And the last thing I remember about recesses is getting in trouble and having to stand at that wall for 5, 10, or even 15 min (which I believe was the whole recess). I can't tell you how many bricks I counted or traced or stared at during my school years. Not that it happened a lot, but when it did it seemed like an eternity. Well, those recess days are long over, and sure! I miss 'em!


~EEC~