Things That Are Awesome - Recess

Remember recess? Remember when we were all little, running around the playground screaming our lungs out without a care in the world? And the teacher would occasionally stop us and be like, 'Are y'all crazy??'

Yeah. Recess was good. So why can't we have it any more?

You can't tell me high schoolers don't need recess. You want us to behave and not be so rowdy during class? Give us a break sometime! There's lunch, sure, but most of that time (here, anyway, and there's not much time) goes to standing in line to get some food that I wouldn't give to those people living upstairs who wake me up all the time. If we had some time to let off some steam, maybe we'd be more prepared to listen.

Of course, we're supposed to be preparing for adulthood and going off to college and all. But then, if you think about it, we're being babied through school anyway. It's a little like standing on the diving board with your mother holding your hand and encouraging you, but then your mother turns into a tentacle monster and shoves you off into the deep end. And then walks off laughing. So why not just give us a little more fun time before we get dumped into the water?

(The senior part of me wants to say that once we leave high school, forget everything I said. If we didn't get it, no one does!)