Personal Narrative: 15 Minutes Of Bliss

15 Minutes of Bliss Break, a nice rest in the middle of classes. A resource to some a time to play for others, for each grade to me break was different. In sixth grade 20 minutes outside throwing the football around. In seventh grade full games of two hand touch were played out in front of the library. Eighth grade was a choice between throwing the football or balling out in epic foursquare games. Ninth grade was foursquare and for the first time the option of staying inside all year round. Some days there was work or studying to be done for classes after break, in these times break was so valuable for doing the old pump and dump* or just printing something for the next class. Break was also based heavily on the season for during the winter break was just a time to chat inside with friends for it was to cold to go outside. As everything in the upper school does, every year break changes each year better than the last.
*Disclaimer: the pump and dump method of studying is a last resort, do not rely on it for all assessments after break.
Sixth grade, the first year in upper school, I was at the bottom of the food chain just trying to figure out how the whole upper school thing worked. In sixth grade we could not even go outside until an advisor came and opened the door for us. To get break food we had to wait in a long line and getting seconds was a rare occasion. During break all of the guys would split up half on one side half on the other and on side would toss the ball up and everyone on the other side would try and catch it. It was not the safest thing to be doing at break but it sure was a lot of fun. If you didn’t want to throw the football you could sit under the bat walk and talk with friends or do some homework. In sixth grade break was 20 minutes long which is plenty of time to rest in between classes. Sixth grade was just the beginning of the next four years of upper school break. Seventh grade seemed like a big step up in break. Break was still twenty minutes but we never had to wait in a line for food again. This year the games were different as well instead of just throwing the football we had full two hand touch football games. The games were simple two captains were picked and they would alternate …show more content…
Foursquare gets really intense but it is one of the biggest highlights of my eighth grade year. But there was something new this year break had been shortened to fifteen minutes at first I noticed the change but after a while it just felt like normal so it was not a big deal. One of the best parts of break my eighth grade year was the eighth grade bagels days, on the first wednesday of every month parents in the grade get bagels and candy for the kids, it was always so good. The winters also improved instead of being cramped outside the math labs we had the globe foyer to move around and sit in the nice airplane seats on the left and right. My eighth grade year seemed like the first year I fit into the upper