{"id":5679,"date":"2013-02-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2013\/02\/12\/first-grader-hits-free-throw-to-win-day-off-for-all-students\/"},"modified":"2013-02-12T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T05:00:00","slug":"first-grader-hits-free-throw-to-win-day-off-for-all-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2013\/02\/12\/first-grader-hits-free-throw-to-win-day-off-for-all-students\/","title":{"rendered":"First grader hits free throw to win day off for all students"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5678\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bc61c35998920c79a57e03ad91265e8b.jpg\" alt=\"- Image Credit: iStockphoto\/Bill Grove\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Nothing but net\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" \/>\n<p>Everyone wishes they could have a day off on the Monday after the Super Bowl.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Mater Dei School in Maryland decided to make things interesting.\u00a0 They told all of the students that they could have Monday off if and only if a first grader made a free throw shot.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Blake Harper stepped up to the free throw line and threw the ball in the air.\u00a0\u00a0 The whole crowd of students held their breath.<\/p>\n<p>The teachers were probably thinking that this ball would never go in the hoop\u2026.but it did \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Watch the awesome clip and check out the crowd&#8217;s reaction!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Superbowl Free Throw - 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