Childhood Memory - School Field Trips
By Courtney
@Courtlynn (67089)
United States
September 17, 2017 4:52pm CST
Grade K or 1 - We went somewhere for a picnic 
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Grade 1 - My class went to the Aquarium down the street ftom my house. I loved the sea lions, but glad I didn't get wet by them.
Grade 2 - We went to a cranberry bog, picked some each, tried them, and learned how they are done.. but couldn't tell you that now. 
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Grade 3 - We went on a two hour boat ride around the Cape Cod Canal. Saw a bunch of different fish on the deck, and had snacks and drinks underneath - which is where I and many others stayed most the trip because we learned we get sea sick 
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Grade 4 - We visited a lighthouse or two.
Grade 5 - Each 5th grade class spent a different week throughout the year at the Cape Cod National Seashore. This was my first time sleeping away from home, and I got homesick. Wanted to leave within 5 hours of being there. But I had the best teacher, and she helped me through it.. and I ended up having an okay time!
Grade 8 - Those in the 8th grade that had the money, went to NY for a weekend. We walked around Time Square, went to the Wax Museum, saw the Blue Man Group live, had a dinner / dance cruise around the Statue of Liberty, and .. we saw the World Trade Center area. 
And, there were the trip to the Plymouth Plantation, some camp, and I'm sure some other trips too.. I just can't remember them, or what grades they were for..
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Grade 1 - My class went to the Aquarium down the street ftom my house. I loved the sea lions, but glad I didn't get wet by them.
Grade 2 - We went to a cranberry bog, picked some each, tried them, and learned how they are done.. but couldn't tell you that now. .
Grade 3 - We went on a two hour boat ride around the Cape Cod Canal. Saw a bunch of different fish on the deck, and had snacks and drinks underneath - which is where I and many others stayed most the trip because we learned we get sea sick .
Grade 4 - We visited a lighthouse or two.
Grade 5 - Each 5th grade class spent a different week throughout the year at the Cape Cod National Seashore. This was my first time sleeping away from home, and I got homesick. Wanted to leave within 5 hours of being there. But I had the best teacher, and she helped me through it.. and I ended up having an okay time!
Grade 8 - Those in the 8th grade that had the money, went to NY for a weekend. We walked around Time Square, went to the Wax Museum, saw the Blue Man Group live, had a dinner / dance cruise around the Statue of Liberty, and .. we saw the World Trade Center area.
And, there were the trip to the Plymouth Plantation, some camp, and I'm sure some other trips too.. I just can't remember them, or what grades they were for..7 people like this
9 responses
@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Sep 17
Having gone to school along the coast of south Florida, most of our grade trips each year somehow involved beaches and lighthouses. For 6th grade, we got to go spend a weekend at Cape Canaveral, and got to see a shuttle launch. For 7th grade, we spent a weekend at Disney World. And for 8th grade, we spent a week at a camp in north Florida, and we all got to stay in cabins. I remember several of my friends lost their virginity on that trip. The teachers didn't exactly keep a close eye on everything, as there were supposed to be boy cabins and girl cabins. But the girls would all sneak over and sleep in the boys cabins. It was crazy. I think they eventually stopped doing that trip and replaced it with something else, although I can't remember exactly what.
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Sep 17
@Courtlynn It definitely was a fun trip, but mostly I just remember them trying to rush us around from place to place in Disney to keep us on schedule. It was like we didn't have a chance to just relax and have fun. I mean, it was fun, but we were constantly being herded around like cattle the whole time! lol
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Sep 17
@moffittjc well, its Disney and lot of people were probably there.. even then. So maybe they wanted to make sure you got evrrything done.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Oh wow. I would have loved the Disney one.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
17 Sep 17
Sounds like some cool field trips
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
17 Sep 17
As far as I can remember, they were. I loved grade 8. Going to NY for the first time, with 2 of my then 3 bestfriends (one couldnt afford the trip).. and we shared a room together and had fun times chatting both nights. Plus being crazies together at the wax museum.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
17 Sep 17
@Courtlynn Never went on those kind of field trips sonds like it was alot of fun
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
17 Sep 17
@Tina30219 they stopped the trip the year before my twin cousins got to 8th grade, so they're the only ones in the family who didnt get to go to ny for it.
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@allen0187 (59761)
• Philippines
18 Sep 17
Six years in grade school and I was only able to attend one field trip due to financial constraints.
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@allen0187 (59761)
• Philippines
18 Sep 17
@Courtlynn field trips aren't free here in the country. The fees for these field trips are usually included in the tuition fees of schools.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Sep 17
That sucks! All our field trips were free for us, besides the 8th grade one because we went out of state and needed hotel rooms and such
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
18 Sep 17
How cool you got to visit a lighthouse. I have always wanted to see one and never have. I have seen the light from a lighthouse while driving at night toward the coast, but never the actual lighthouse.
Most of our field trips involved farms or local historical sites. In 8th grade I got to visit Donner Summit, the infamous location where the Donner Party got stranded during the winter and had to result to cannibalism. And those who had money got to go to Great America and spend the day riding roller coasters toward the end of my 8th grade year. I had a few end-of-year swimming field trips, including visits to water parks in a nearby city. In 6th grade we visited San Francisco and walked across the Golden Gate Bridge. That was the first time I'd seen the ocean.
Now I want to make a post about all my field trips as a kid and see how many I can actually remember. There were quite a few in elementary school that weren't really educational. Like in second grade when all the local second graders gathered at the high school for a square dancing "dance off"! 
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Still counts as a field trip though! And please do, would love to read it and see what else you got to do for them. As every state is different, as we can already see.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
18 Sep 17
@Courtlynn Great! I loved New York City the most from your list! lol
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Sep 17
@DianneN me too! It was the best time. Though again, i learned about my sea sickness lol.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Definitely! Loved all of them, even the homesick and seasick ones.
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@dramagirl26 (3259)
• Ringgold, Virginia
18 Sep 17
Sounds like you've had some exciting field trips during school.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Yes. Many that i forgot when i wrote this too.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
18 Sep 17
I remember going to a sugarhouse and having hot maple syrup on snow. It was delicious and started my love of the liquid amber gold. There were the usual museums that we visited. Not much that I recall that stood out in my mind except for the Clark Art Museum. Loved looking at all of the artwork.
We went to the farm of one of the teachers and got to see farm animals. Had a picnic lunch and played yard games. Played my first game of croquet that day. It was fun.
One that stuck out in my mind was the trip to the Bennington Battlefield. It is in Hoosick, NY. Was accused of losing a Frisbee that cost 77 cents. The boy that it belonged to pestered me for years over that. When I see him out and about I remind him of that. One day I am going to hand him a dollar and tell him to keep the change. LOL.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Yeah i never cared for the museums. Even forgot all about them til now lol.
The farm visit sounds nice!
Yes, do it
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
18 Sep 17
@Courtlynn Not at all... They always had a blast on each school excursions that they've been to...
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Sep 17
@sishy7 awesome! Good for them and the school.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
18 Sep 17
You had an awesome childhood Courtney with all these trips!!!
I dont remember going on many trips like that when I was in grade school!
Sorry you got sea sick, I know how that feels ugh
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Seems like alot of people, least the older folk, didn't do much for school trips.. 
. Yes sea sickness is not cool.
. Yes sea sickness is not cool.1 person likes this
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
18 Sep 17
@Courtlynn Yeah the only one I remember is going to the planetarium.
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