Thursday afternoon, sports and recreation,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Get ’em out the classroom, young bodies gotta stay fit and active,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For some it’s a chance to blow off steam through healthy competition,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While others prefer to goof off for the final two periods,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such was the case for a group ninth-graders, grappling and wrestling in the grass like they’re Stone Cold, Bill Goldberg and The Undertaker,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The year’s 1998 and pro wrestling was all the rage, boys will be boys and hormones be surging at that age,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally out the classroom, the aggression’s repressed for too long,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Male hormones crave physical competition, blame it on testosterone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That fucking ‘hands-off’ rule, the bane of many play-fight sessions,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Settlin’ differences with fisticuffs will have ’em pushin’ for detention,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On this day the whole tribe’s locked in royal rumble but it’s all in good fun,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Covered in dirt, body slamming one another like they saw on television,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Got the teacher’s attention, there will be hell to pay,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eschewed scolding and screaming in favor of mind games,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Why are you guys wrestling? Don’t you know the rules? Hands-off policy, boys, quit acting like fools,”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“But it’s all fun, Sir, ain’t nobody hurt, no disputes here, that’s for the birds,”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Perhaps you guys would like to perform in front of the whole school during the next assembly? Show them your moves and become instant celebrities?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The proposal was fire, the boys were up for it, little knowing there was a rather big caveat,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I want you boys to go home and start eating,” says Teach, “then rock up to school wearing nothing but your best briefs,”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You guys will be SUMO wrestlers, are you still up for it?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Aw hell naw!” they all shout, “ok, ok, we’re done fighting,”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Satisfied with his mental victory, Teacher wonders off,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the boys slink away for now, come the weekend the rematch is on.
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Thursday afternoon, sports and recreation, Get ’em out the classroom, young bodies gotta stay fit and active, For some it’s a chance to blow off steam through healthy competition, While others prefer to goof off for the final two periods, Such was the case for a group ninth-graders, grappling and wrestling in the grass like … <\/p>\n