Heh, Sara, I was just going to say, "It's recess! Who's trying to get out of recess?" But anyway, who cares if a 6 year old gets out of recess?
Darn your sinister attraction!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
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Jesse - Apr 19, 2011 5:32:31 pm PDT #4183 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
le nubian - Apr 19, 2011 5:34:08 pm PDT #4184 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Our bathrooms at school were outside anyway, so we all used the bathroom during recess.
I cannot believe that they wouldn't let a child inside to use the bathroom.
When I was 8, I was disgusted at how nasty the bathrooms were. So I drew up a petition and got my schoolmates to sign it and I presented it to the principal with hopes he would have more custodial service of the restrooms.
I don't think my petition did very much (at least I don't remember), but it did give me my bona fides as a baby activist.
Cashmere - Apr 19, 2011 5:39:17 pm PDT #4185 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I spent half my recesses in the library. I'm sure Owen's headed that way. But right now he still loves outside.
Amy - Apr 19, 2011 5:44:36 pm PDT #4186 of 30001
Because books.
I don't remember recess. I think we might not have had it because we were a neighborhood school, and we walked home for lunch and then went back to school.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2011 5:46:24 pm PDT #4187 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We had two classes, then break, three classes, then lunch, three classes. In most of my schools. Break==recess, right?
megan walker - Apr 19, 2011 5:47:46 pm PDT #4188 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Break==recess
On a good day, recess = the lighter parts of Lord of the Flies. On a bad day, well...
shrift - Apr 19, 2011 5:52:10 pm PDT #4189 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I was fine with recess until 4th grade when my boobs arrived. I got busted hiding in the library, and my teacher read me the riot act. Given that I was, like, 9, I couldn't articulate that being the only girl with boobs meant recess suddenly turned into sexual harassment fun time.
le nubian - Apr 19, 2011 5:54:12 pm PDT #4190 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh god, shrift.
meara - Apr 19, 2011 5:54:19 pm PDT #4191 of 30001
There was a while in 4th grade where if you got in trouble you had to stay inside for recess. And I got in trouble for something and was like "OMG this is awesome! Stay inside and read? Heck yeah!" so after my punishment was over I just kept going as if I were still in trouble. Eventually the teacher caught on and made me go back out.
Amy - Apr 19, 2011 5:55:46 pm PDT #4192 of 30001
Because books.
Recess here is free time for elementary school kids. Once you hit middle school, there's lunch and that's it, unless you have a free period.
Given that I was, like, 9, I couldn't articulate that being the only girl with boobs meant recess suddenly turned into sexual harassment fun time.
There was one older boy who did the same to me. "Mrs. Mature," he called me, and I hated it, and hated him.