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Oregonian
05/31/2010
Sixth-grade recess. I'm running a post pattern across the playground, looking back into the sun, when Mr. Hoelck -- who always insisted on playing quarterback -- fired a perfect spiral ... that sliced right through my hands.
"Lost it in the sun," I explained to my homeroom teacher when I returned to the huddle.
"Well," Mr. Hoelck said, "open your mouth next time."
Those were the days at Great Neck Elementary. Survival of the fittest. Put up or shut up. The haves bullying the have-nots, and Mr. Hoelck grabbing us by the throat when we got too far out of line.
Great memories? Sure ... and memorable humiliations. Recess was the half hour in the school day when we did what came naturally - playing outside - in that white-bread, middle-class community. We knew the same games. We spoke the same language....
