{"id":14324,"date":"2018-05-04T11:17:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T16:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/\/?p=14324"},"modified":"2022-11-08T04:13:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:13:58","slug":"service-day-2018-rhea-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/service-day-2018-rhea-elementary\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Day 2018: Rhea Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written By Joshua Robe, staff writer<\/p>\n

The gym at Rhea Central Elementary School was teeming with youngsters playing dodgeball, duck-duck-goose and sharks and minnows. Interspersed among the laughing kids were a handful of Bryan College students hectically trying\u2014sometimes successfully\u2014to keep the games going smoothly. That\u2019s what Bryan College Service Day 2018 looked like for myself and seven other members of the Bryan men\u2019s soccer program. <\/span><\/p>\n

As each grade came and went\u2014from fifth grade at 9 a.m. to kindergarten at 1 p.m.\u2014we got a little more exhausted, but we certainly never got bored. The gym instructor and other teachers were happy to take the much-desired rest for a few short hours. \u201cThanks so much for coming,\u201d they repeated again and again without realizing it was just as fun for us as it was relaxing for them. <\/span><\/p>\n

It was clear, however, that the ones enjoying it most were the kids. They ran around the duck-duck-goose circle as if trying to catch Usain Bolt, and they hurled dodge-balls as if to knock down North Korean satellites (which it\u2019s quite possible some of the boys were imagining). The only disappointing moment for them was when they were called to return to class. At one point, there were over seventy kids all together playing sharks and minnows in the school yard. It was chaos to say the least, but it was the beautiful chaos of being a child. <\/span><\/p>\n

One of the highlights for the kids was the English accents of some of the soccer guys. \u201cAre you speaking with a British accent?\u201d one of the 2<\/span>nd<\/span> graders excitedly asked Lewis Perkins. \u201cYou\u2019re from England?\u201d inquired another eagerly. Excited wonder lit up their eyes as they sprinted off to another game. \u201cI\u2019m quite impressed that they can recognize an English accent in 2<\/span>nd<\/span> grade!\u201d Perkins confided in me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seeing the kids run and play with their youthful abandon was a wonderful way to spend Service Day. Organizing their games–aka playing with them–brought me back to being a kid again for those few short hours. One of the most touching moments of the day was when the 3<\/span>rd<\/span> graders\u2019 time in the gym was up. One of the little girls ran over and wrapped her arms around my knees to say bye. She didn\u2019t say that she\u2019d had fun with words, but none were necessary, I could see it in her eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joshua Robe studies History and Government. He is on the Bryan Men\u2019s Soccer Team and serves as Political Correspondent for the Triangle. In his spare time, he enjoys smiling, reading, language, and milking cows. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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