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Head's Up...

     At the risk of showing my age, I will be relating a brief flash in time during my fourth grade year - approximately 27 years ago. Fourth grade was held in a metal building outside of the brick school and I'm not sure the criteria for being the class that was relegated to the metal building. Still though, having to go between the brick and metal buildings for lunch felt like a really naughty respite in the midday (we lived in Appalachia and I didn't get out much). Especially for a kid like me that spent a lot of time in the classroom with the teacher during recess. I am digressing.      When it was raining or when my teacher had probably had it, we played, "Head's Up, Seven Up!" I've found the rules, Seven students stand in front of the class. The rest of the students put their heads on their desks. The seven then move about and each touches a student. Once touched, a student sticks his or her thumb up. Then the seven say “heads up seven up!” The stude