Top 10 Best Memories from Elementary School

1. Recess

   

   I miss this. It would be nice to get outside during the school day.

2. Field Day

   This was always the best. I remember how awesome it was to go outside and enjoy some dessert, like a popsicle, before the final bell to go home rang.

   I'm in middle school, basically just graduated from 5th grade, and since that Elmo incident in first grade, no one passing me the ball in 2nd grade, and falling off my Hippity Hop in 3rd grade, I try to fake sick for every field day.

   Field day was cool. I remember it.

3. Valentine's Day Candy

   

   I had some on Valentine's Day in elementary. It was yummy.

4. Field Trips

   I remember going on some field trips in elementary, like to the pool and the movie theater, among some other places.

   I'm in high school, and we go on field trips, but most of them are boring.

5. Christmas Concerts

   I had some in school. I attended the school from grades 5 to 7.

   My school had a dance.

   I did that in kindergarten which sucked and then I went to a Jewish school and had to do a Hanukkah concert!

6. Lockdown Drills

   Now we just have real ones and bomb or gun threats. How times have changed.

   I had some in elementary, junior high, and high school.

7. Book Fairs

   

   Who doesn't remember the Scholastic book fairs they had in the elementary school library every few months?

   I remember one of those while I was at Spring Hill Elementary School.

8. Fire Drills

   

   I remember when we had fire escape practice while I was at Spring Hill Elementary School.

   I had a fire drill every year in K-12 education, except for grades 5 and 7. I must have missed all the fire drills those years.

9. Track and Field

   I remember doing track and field in elementary school.

10. Red, Yellow, and Green Cards

    

    My 3rd-grade classroom had something similar, but with yellow stars on a whiteboard. W meant warning, and there were checks from 1 to 3 (3 was a phone call home to your parents). If you didn't misbehave that day, you'd get a raffle ticket and could sometimes use them to buy things on Fridays.

    Then, in 5th grade, my class colored paper plates, with blue being the best and red being the worst. Orange, yellow, and green were in between the red and blue paper plates.

The Newcomers
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    Skipping Ropes

    Oh, we didn't just skip with them.

    We used to whip and try to hurt each other with them.

12. ?

    Tag

    We would have these massive games that pretty much most of the year level would participate in.

The Contenders

13. Everyone Was Friends With Each Other

    Every kid was nice at that age. Things like brainwashing and having a unilateral opinion weren't heard of.

    Maybe not everyone, but definitely, people were a lot more friendly.

14. Mean Teachers

    

    It sucked having mean teachers in school.

15. Show and Tell

    I remember doing this in kindergarten, and sometimes they gave a student a bucket to let them bring something to school.

16. Musical Chairs

17. Class Parties

    I remember these. They were the best.

18. Arts and Crafts

19. Easier Work

    I didn't have to pay attention until I took algebra in 7th grade.

    Elementary school: Up to 20 minutes of homework.

    Middle school: Up to 3 hours of homework.

20. Movies

21. Square Pizza

22. Toys in Class

23. Stickers for Good Behavior

24. Book and Reading Corner

25. Fire Safety

26. No Stress

27. Playing the Recorder