So today was a moderately awesome… Not just because we got to go on a field trip but also because I got to see how excited my kids were to see “living history.” Living history makes it so much easier for them or anyone really to understand what it really was like to live in this case in the 1860s/1890s… One of my favorite parts of the day which Mr. A and I got a lot of was “Is this what it was like when you were growing up?” Now if my father were the teacher he would say, “Yes, kids, it was, we also had to walk up hill BOTH WAYS to get to school AND we invented fire!” Instead Mr. A and I would say things like, “if we are looking at things from the 1860s and I was born in 1974/1988 do you think I was alive then?” Typically the answer was “yes” and then quickly “no” when they looked at our faces. I loved watching them, granted it was crazy at times and I finally get how… hmmmm, hard, difficult, stressful etc.; field trips are on teachers. They totally aren’t easy on those who are in charge and I apologize for all those who took my fellows and me on a field trip. We had so much fun going around to the houses and barns and seeing the animals… The sheep in particular were a big hit as you can imagine considering they roam freely around the property. The packet we gave them maybe didn’t so much get done but honestly, I don’t care. They were so happy and I loved it. All 4 of the 5th grade classes mixed during lunch and it was great to just let them take a breath and relax/play without fear of anything…. But of course, all good things must come to an end so when we got back to school… they had to finish their packets, independently read and then… DUM DUM DUM math assessment… rough rough rough…. Kind of a sad way to end the day but you gotta do what you gotta do… After school we met with John Barry, the superintendent of APS to hear what he had to say….
Take away message: TOLLGATE IS AWESOME AND Y’ALL SHOULD MOVE TO AURORA.
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