Going Back to Recess / myLot

@AmbiePam (120533)

United States

July 12, 2016 5:04pm CST

It was probably fifth grade when I started hating recess. Well, not recess as much as gym class. I didn't like being sweaty, or changing into gym clothes. So in fifth grade I mostly read during recess. And I always was happy when I had a valid excuse to be excused from gym class (I was horribly self-conscious). But I do remember when I enjoyed recess and/or gym class. I liked playing Red Rover as a very young child (anyone else play that?), but while I enjoyed dodge ball at first, the older the boys got, the harder they were able to throw the ball. And it could hurt! What were some of the games you like to play back then? I played basketball in junior high and high school, but didn't really enjoy it after I got to the 7th grade. My coach was kind of hard to get along with.

So, how many had a favorite game, and how many hated recess or gym class?

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

13 Jul 16

Gym was my favourite class, I loved it. And I also loved netball, hockey and rounders.

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Morning Girl

@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

14 Jul 16

I used to play football in high school but when I went to college I lost my interest in sports.

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Marsha Cooper

@marsha32 (6631)

• United States

16 Jul 16

It was 5th or 6th gradew that I just started sitting at the side of the school during recess. No one really wanted to hang out with me and I was always picked last for teams.

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Toni

@toniganzon (77064)

• Philippines

13 Jul 16

During recess I enjoyed eating snacks at the canteen with my friends or reading magazines and Nancy Drew books in the library. My sports back then was volleyball.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120533)

• United States

13 Jul 16

Oh, I loved Nancy Drew books!

Toni

@toniganzon (77064)

• Philippines

13 Jul 16

@AmbiePam My mother-in-law gave me a lot of Nancy Drew books when she came to visit last December.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148707)

• Roseburg, Oregon

16 Jul 16

I hated the dressing in front of others part of gym class.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54714)

• United States

18 Jul 16

I loved Red Rover too and Spotlight and Mother May I.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (120533)

• United States

18 Jul 16

All good ones!

LK2018

@Letranknight2015 (52665)

• Philippines

12 Jul 16

I've only played soft ball once in my intramurals and didn't even get my first safe

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (56195)

• Canada

13 Jul 16

I disliked gym class too, it was mandatory to take in grades 9 and 10 and we all develop differently, so the change rooms were an awkward experience that we'd all love to forget! I remember we'd stand in line of about 3 girls and the first girl would take a tennis ball and throw it against the wall and let it come back and bounce once, then she'd jump it, and then the next girl and the last one. I don't know if the game had a name, but I remember a lot of rubber and tennis balls got lost on the flat roof of the part of the school wall that we played this near.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Jul 16

I hated all the sports days and gym classes. I wasn't sporty at all although my one redeeming feature was that I could ride a horse and most others at the school couldn't.

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