In grades kindergarten through third we had awesome playground equipment. Two sets of swings, two jungle gyms, a crazy pyramid thing, four slides that were HUGELY TALL like 12 feet, one of those wooden things with monkey bars, bridge and slides, and some crazy thing that I'm pretty sure were just pipes stuck in the ground with one horizontally across the top to hand upside down. And huge trees to play in. We lived like kings there.

In fourth grade we had a different playground. One swingset. A set of monkey bars. Basketball hoops. That was it. We spent most of our time in the tree line building "forts" with stuff we found from home. And getting in trouble for being there.

In fifth grade we had an old football field with no playground equipment. Just a dusty baseball diamond in one corner. You knew childhood was over once you got to fifth grade and there was nothing to do. I was tall and strong so I gave people shoulder rides around the field until that was deemed "unsafe" and I got in trouble.

When it rained sometimes they let us watch a movie, but usually we just worked on something else.

I think we still need playground equipment and recess. Instead of going to my car and looking at facebook on my break, I think I'd like to swing on a swingset or climb on a jungle gym.