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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the kids care about on a field trip is lunch. This is not talked about but it’s true. If I take my students on a field trip, they’re asking what is there to buy to eat at the destination. If what is available is not appealing to them, they choose not to go on the field trip. If they do go, they whine and rush through the activity and ask when we came done so they can go buy food. Then they want to sit and eat the food, as long as is possible. I can’t say I don’t get it, but trust me that the hassle of planning a field trip for them to treat it like a lunch date with their friends is not worth it and I’m not sure what “love of learning and history” you think they’re getting from them perseverating on when we can go to Elevation Burger and the gelato place at whatever stop we’re at. [/quote]

This is funny!

I was at the Museum of Natural History recently. A high-school aged group went by. The conversation I overheard while the tour guide was explaining the exhibit to kids who weren’t listening:

“How much longer until lunch?” 
“I don’t know. Maybe like 30 minutes?”
“Ugh!!”[/quote]

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