Super Bowl…a tall tale…

When I entered my High School years I attended an all boys high school. It was at this particular high school that I was introduced to a tradition that was practiced there and there only. It was called Super Bowl Day. Super Bowl Day is basically a day off from school. It has no governmental affiliations, no religious attachments, not even any historical significance. It’s just a day when all the boys go home and watch the Super Bowl. I should explain. You see I’m from Guam and the Super Bowl doesn’t land on Sunday there. So as a result hundreds of Super Bowl Hungry boys are forced to go to school while one of the biggest sporting events of the year goes on.

Rumor has it that the holiday was started (more like “forced into practice”) when all the football crazy students skipped class to watch said event. In other words, everyone skipped school. After several years of this happening, rather than get a whole bunch of students in trouble, the administration decided to make the day a holiday. I don’t know if this rumor is true. The current administration would probably say that it’s not, but I hope to God it is.

Why do I hope to God that it’s true? I’ll tell you. I hope to God that it’s true because I’ve never heard a more inspirational and hopeful story in my life. High school students banding together against the threat of punishment from the always oppressive “MAN” in order to enjoy one of the few things that….Okay I don’t know if they were that organized. Most likely everyone just skipped on their own. But think about the possibilities if this was EXACTLY how it went down?

If a bunch of high school students can get a day off from school simply by not going, what are we as adults capable of? We can get away with anything we want! Just skip en masse! That’s the ticket! They can’t suspend/expel/fire/ arrest/excommunicate us all. Got a test? Convince all your classmates to skip it. Called to jury duty? Organize with a whole bunch of other people and get the hell out of there! Holy Day of Obligation? Skip it! Just get a whole bunch of your friends to do the same and spread the word. God can’t get mad at ALL of us, right?

But how can unity of such magnitude occur in a divided age? Simple. Tell them the legend of Super Bowl Day. It will inspire. Go forth, my friends, and conquer.

- e.Lucas