What I learned on the second grade field trip

Today I stepped out of the cafeteria and headed to a science center with a bunch of second graders, including my son.

Here's what I learned.

All bus rides that last more than ten minutes are SOoooooooo Looooonnnnng! My eye started to twitch a little after the fiftieth time I was asked "are we almost there?"

Yous listening to me? Our host was very funny, but her grasp of the English language was a little...um...lacking. I am pretty sure she used quite a few double negatives, quite a few youses, and one or two awhiles. "I didn't eat no breakfast..did yous?" "You can go in awhile but no running."

Five kids will never pick the same activity. It's like expecting a jury to come up with a unanimous verdict. The odds are not likely. One wants to shoot the tennis ball, one wants to build a rollercoaster, one wants to play in the water, one wants to shoot the parachutes and the other wants to see the lasers. Gettin to do them all=awesome.

Hurry up or the bus will leave without you. We almost left a big chunk of our party behind. The bus driver joked that he would have come back for them. I am not 100% positive he would of.

All playgrounds look alike. We stopped at a beautiful park on the way home and I asked my son if he had a good time. "Yep, I've always like that playground." um.... You've never been there. "I haven't?" nope. "oh. Well I liked it."


In conclusion, I learned that science can actually be fun (who knew) but that riding on the bus is boring. I learned that the ability to speak properly to students is not a job requirement, but it is important to make whatever you're saying entertaining. I learned that kids will never agree and that just eliminating the choice is the best route. I learned that it's important to be punctual or you might be walking home and I learned that pretty much all playgrounds look alike.

Yous learn anything today?