Playground Payback - Original Essay

Playground Payback - Original Essay

In the far hills of North Carolina, there was a school called Blue

Creek Elementary. It was half a century old, and you could definitely

tell. The yellow stained walls of the classrooms had marks from play

dough and crayon. The chalk board was cloudy with dust from a thousand

words before. The smell of each room was basically the same, chalk

clappers and weak tea, and the colour of autumn leaves was present

throughout the year. It was January 2002. The climbing frame in the

playground was rust incrusted, and the paint was crumbling off, but

still was in use as if it was new everyday. No one child was

dissatisfied with their school life, they could see nothing wrong with

the way they were ruled, the rota they followed or the order they had

come to be in for so many years. They were treated equally as each

other, by the council they had elected. Every new school year in

September there would be an election. Any volunteers would under go a

number of campaigns to become the new king of the playground. For the

last three years no one had been a match for King Rob. In the last

year no one was even prepared to challenge Rob Jenkins, but it wasn’t

because they were scared, no, quite the opposite. There was nothing

wrong with the way he ruled them. He took care of them; he was their

agony aunt to their problems, a King Solomon in his own day. He

brought them new games, fought for new rights and changed the word

recess itself. But all this was about to change, something, or someone

was just around the corner.

PJ, Felicity, Pikes, Jennie and Russ were playing kickball, a game

Jennie ruled without a dou...

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... the crowd a few seconds to mull over the information

they had just been given, and then spoke once more, “So I ask you, are

you regretful? Are you sorry? But most of all, do you want King Rob

back?” the crowd gave no pause, just a dramatic, deafening “YES!”

Prince (or Jack) was expelled from Blue Creek Elementary for stealing.

He and his family moved to Alabama. King Rob was restored to his

throne. The Jaimes were given luxuries to go in their clubhouse. The

gang were labelled playground heroes, and Pikes was given an honorary

stationary kit because of his bravery in City Hall. As for PJ, he was

given the job of Royal Assistant. He monitored Jack’s movement in

Alabama, and checked out any new kids. Blue Creek Elementary was back

to where it started, but with more trust, guidance and hope for the

future- High School.