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March 29, 2005
The Hall of Science, Queens
I organized a trip for my students to the NY Hall of Science, located way out in Queens at 111th St. Someone please kill me if I ever decide to do something like this again. My principal is a huge fan of trips, so it wasn't that difficult to get authorization, but everything else was like pulling teeth. I had 3 teachers, but we needed 3 parents. 80 kids, and not a SINGLE parent could join. Fortunately, I was able to pull in one of the coordinators, and we cut the students down to less than fifty.
8:30 departure date turned into 9:30, and it took 90 minutes with three trains to arrive. I was that teacher who ruins your subway trip by loading up your space with screaming teenagers.
A, stop leaving your head out as the doors close.
M, stop doing chinups off the bars. You're kicking people in the head.
J, can you just whisper 'fuck' instead of screaming it across the car?
They were excited, they were enthusiastic, they were silly. They had a blast at the museum. I had a blast at the museum. I always learn at those places. They actually learned at this place.
The trip back was a little more hectic. Teachers were tired, students were tired, and the subway commuters were thrilled to be in the car with us.
I finally got everyone back to the school. Nobody died, nobody was killed. The senior teacher on the trip actually said I was quite organized, and that he'd do it again. I'm not really sure I would do it again, but give me a few weeks and a few beers.
Posted by G at March 29, 2005 07:00 PM
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