One of our favorite things to do was cause trouble for the lunch/recess aids. There were about 3 or 4 Iranian women who I’m sure were very nice women, but their job was to keep 200 kids in line during a lunch and recess period, so naturally to us, they were witches. And we always gave a good effort to make their mid-afternoon Hellish.
Occasionally, we hurled chicken nuggets across the cafeteria. One time a particularly aerodynamic nugget actually hit a girl in the back of the head, and Jeff Rader laughed so hard that chocolate milk came out of his nose. We enjoyed catapulting grapes off of plastic spoons and had a decent collection stuck on the ceiling above our favorite table. Sometimes we’d all just make a loud humming noise solely to add to the roar and chaos of the room full of 200 kids eager to go outside for recess after lunch.
One of our main gripes was that the aides didn't allow us to play tackle football; only 2-hand touch. Now, my 5th and 6th grade is right when the 'Nerf Turbo' football design was first released. The Turbo design enabled a average 5th grader to hurl a football an additional 20 yards or so, taking the "go deep" routes during recess football to a whole new level! I remember recess football as some of the most fun I've ever had playing sports, largely due to the Nerf Turbo. We were boys though, and we'd be damned if everyday we didn't play 'tackle' until the aides blew their whistles and yelled at us to stop. Every day.
Those poor ladies must have hated us.
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