Field Trips

Although I could complain about the events surrounding today's field trip, I wouldn't want to diminish the fabulousness of the show itself. So, I will not address that, for now at least.

Elementary age children in the New York City school system cannot imagine how lucky they are when it comes to field trips. When my children were in elementary school, we looked forward to a field trip to Buttercrust Bakery where the children were given a piece of bread fresh from the oven. When I taught elementary school we went on two trips each year. One trip was to a ropes course and the other was to a grocery store. In the past two and a half years in New York I have taken my students to the Bronx Zoo, Botanical Gardens, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum, Science Museum, History Museum of New York and live theater to name a few. The 5th graders attend a Broadway show each year. Today we went to a performance by the Alvin Ailey Dance Company. It was amazing. I love dance and aside from anything that my own children have done, this was the best dance performance I have ever seen. Even the children who do not know enough about dance to appreciate it from that aspect were amazed by the athleticism of the dancers. There are so many reasons that I love living in New York. Being the person to introduce children to the fine arts through internationally known artists is one of the best reasons to want to stay.