I went out to lunch earlier and on the way back to the office I saw all of the little kids having a picnic by the planetarium; obviously a field trip. I know this campus (UNC) is a popular place for field trips anyway (it’s a gorgeous campus), but the presence of the planetarium gives it a nice extra amount of goodness. But seeing those kids today eating their lunches on the grass and having just an amazing time reminded me of how much I loved field trips back in elementary school. Those were ALWAYS the best school days. It wasn’t just being out of school and not doing work (though that was great), I always loved going to new places and learning new things. And not learning them in a boring read-the-textbook kinda way, but in a real life way. I mean, I still love going to the planetarium here. Julie and I went last July 4th and had a great time. I’m definitely not afraid to say how absurdly cool it is to have a statue of president Polk in the rotunda on the side of the planetarium building. Oh, you don’t know how much James K. Polk kicked ass? Go do research; he did. He’s the only president to have graduated from UNC.
Anyway, field trips!
I have so many great memories of them, even the ones where we stayed in Duncanville and learned more about the history of our little town. By the way, I loved studying Duncanville history back in 3rd/4th grade. Even if you live in a suburb of a city like Dallas, I think it’s extremely cool to learn the history of your town. The field trips I remember most are: the one to Fair Park and the Science Place, the one to Old City Park (where I had a major asthma attack! That was fun…), the aforementioned one to Duncanville’s historic places…but my absolute favorite was the time we went to Ft. Worth and ate lunch alongside the Trinity and went the IMAX theater there and watched the film on Hawaii. I mean, experiencing IMAX as a kid was just an awesome event. Man, that was SO COOL! We also went to the ABC Flag Company there, which is still in business. Oh, in reference to the Trinity River…there’s actually a nice park there in downtown Ft. Worth where the river is surprisingly nice. It’s very different than the part of the river in Dallas, which smells worse than dead animals…and probably has some in there. However, when you go 30 miles west…it’s fine. I still totally remember that IMAX show though. I was actually kinda freaked out of the setup since it felt like I’d fall down the stairs. Plus some girl was acting like she was gonna do it. I wasn’t afraid of heights as a kid, but it was trippy being in there.
I miss field trips; they should have them for our jobs too. I’d love a field trip to somewhere in the area. Or one to the beach, that would rule. Oh well, I guess that’s what vacations are for!
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