Yeah, how did we ever survive climbing ropes to the ceiling in the gym, dodge ball, playground equipment built over cement, BB guns, slingshots, bows and arrows with rubber tips, steel tipped darts, back yard "tag" football, etc, etc. It was a war zone back then by today's standards! lol.
Dunno how we survived. But we survived didn’t we? We even survived lawn darts (I had a set of those...) and pocket knives at school. And had a great time, too.
Remember the cool toy guns we used to have? I had a cap-firing Thompson SMG. I’d give a lot to have another... (I can’t afford the ammo for a real one, much less the expense and the firearms license...)
Today, I probably couldn’t even survive school without getting expelled for doodling guns and battles or delivering politically incorrect research products, or forgetting I was carrying my pocket knife.
There are times when I’d really like to clear the deck in the education “system.”