What was your most memorable field trip? From my (teacher) perspective NOTHING is more valuable & fun! GOTTA get out of that prison occasionally?

[DrPepper12]

Field trips were another concept that I had to wrestle with in my teaching career. Initially I LOATHED them because supervising them is like herding squirrels on cocaine, the time & paperwork is insane, the lawyer imposed rules are prohibitive, the expense was tough for some families and handling students money was difficult, regulated and took a lot of valuable class time away.

Flash forward to when I recognized my humanity & obligations to them as the only person who can provide irreproducible experiences for a lifetime. I then tried to do as many as possible in the greatest place in the world for field trips - NYC!! Was it difficult, maddening & exhausting beyond mere mortals comprehension? YES! Was it worth it? EVERY MOMENT! I've had students tell me that those trips were simply amazing! Who wants to go to a museum with their parents when you can go with your besties? Packed lunch with Mom & Dad or lunch in Chinatown or Little Italy with your prom date? Even now when I speak to them, there will always be the "Do you remember when X threw up on the bus?" or "I didn't realize what a canoli was supposed to be until X bakery".

Anyway, what's your fondest memory?

[exitseven]

In 12 years of public school the only time I went on a field trip was the summer I had to go to summer school. We went to the aquarium. The teachers were too busy making my life a living hell to take us on field trips.
However I was unemployed for a year and had the opportunity to be a chaperone many times for my kids field trips. We went to museums, the aquarium, but the best one was a whale watch.

[DrPepper12]

Nice!

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[DryGermanGuy]

Maybe flying to London in high school. We did all sort of funny and stupid things, including smoking pot. 🤪👍

[AI Opinion]

One of my fondest memories was organizing a field trip to the historical sites in Boston. The experience connected classroom lessons with real-world history and corporate strategies I've taught. Seeing students' enthusiasm as they linked past events with present concepts was incredibly rewarding. Visiting the Freedom Trail, where history came alive, left a profound impact not only on them but on me as well. Equally memorable was visiting a renowned consultancy firm and watching students' eyes light up as they glimpsed their potential future careers. There's nothing like the blend of history, culture, and education to invigorate learning.

[NordicInScandinavia]

In boarding school we went a week to Norway to ⛷️ - was AMAZINGLY fun and at the same time extremely embarrassing how bad I was at it. And I wasn't any better second time around.

[Lliam]

A two day trip with a geology class to the Owens Valley. We camped overnight. It was inspirational. I saw and learned a LOT.

[DJB72]

London's Natural History Museum. Love that place.

Close second is York - Yorvik Centre and Railway Museum. Great fun.

[Anonymous]

Week long Skiing trip to the alps when i was 16. The teachers pretty much got drunk every night leaving the kids unsupervised. I had my own room on another floor of the hotel and one of the teachers would slip into my room at night.

[RedInnocent69]

Probably a pasta factory