Furryanimal
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What was the worst field trip you ever went on in school?
Those pesky field trips..
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Honey. The trip was fun and interesting but they gave us a package of honey to take home and I opened mine, got honey on everything , ate it all and got sick. Lol Clearly my own fault.Most of my school years were fraught with misery. The only thing I can offer was my favorite field trip. We went to some western something or other & there was this candy shop. One of the boys made the parrot swear & I got free candy cuz I reminded the clerk of her granddaughter. 
I feel as though I am one of the lucky ones, for all field trips I ever did in school, I had a ball!
Now, I realize this is outside the scope of your question, Furry, but the #1 field trip I ever did was back in elementary school. We all rode our bikes from the school, ending up on a main highway (try doing that with 15-20 young elementary school kids today with all the lawsuits today), and roughly 40 minutes later we arrived at a swamp, where we collected an array of aquatic life to bring back to school and observe.
The smell of the stagnant swamp was beyond anything I have ever smelled! A cross between a garbage pail, diaper pail, and sewage treatment plant! But we had a ball!
Now, I realize this is outside the scope of your question, Furry, but the #1 field trip I ever did was back in elementary school. We all rode our bikes from the school, ending up on a main highway (try doing that with 15-20 young elementary school kids today with all the lawsuits today), and roughly 40 minutes later we arrived at a swamp, where we collected an array of aquatic life to bring back to school and observe.
The smell of the stagnant swamp was beyond anything I have ever smelled! A cross between a garbage pail, diaper pail, and sewage treatment plant! But we had a ball!
Aunt Bea
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I enjoyed the field trips.
The oddest one might have been to the Millbrook commercial bakery. The neighborhood where the bakery was located smelled like fresh bread all morning and the industrial bakery equipment was interesting. At the end of our visit, they gave each of us a loaf of sliced white bread to take home. Some of the bread didn't survive the trip home because a pillow fight of sorts broke out on the bus.
The oddest one might have been to the Millbrook commercial bakery. The neighborhood where the bakery was located smelled like fresh bread all morning and the industrial bakery equipment was interesting. At the end of our visit, they gave each of us a loaf of sliced white bread to take home. Some of the bread didn't survive the trip home because a pillow fight of sorts broke out on the bus.
JaniceM
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I'd have to say the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, NY. Most boring place ever!
The place in Corning, NY that makes glasses, dinnerware, etc., comes in at a close second!
The place in Corning, NY that makes glasses, dinnerware, etc., comes in at a close second!
Aunt Bea
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JustBonee
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Went on many, but I don't remember any of them being terrible. .. like @Aunt Marg, they were a nice break from usual school days.
JaniceM
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Oh yes! That was one kind of interesting part of the museum!
Can't remember elementary school or junior high, but in high school we went on great field trips to Broadway for Wednesday matinees (everything SO cheap) of first run shows & went to museums. Senior trip we went to Washington, D.C. for a few days. Liked that immensely.
jujube
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Freshman year in high school. "Personal Civics" was a required class. To this day, I can't remember what we learned in there but it was a mish-mash of watching movies about the results of drunk driving or venereal disease or whatever the heck it was that we weren't supposed to do.
We were taken on a field trip to the county lock-up for a sort of "Scared Straight" exercise. The inmates were allowed to yell at us, tell us why they were incarcerated, tell us what would happen to us if we did something to end up there, and, in general, "scare us straight". The language and the topics were pretty raw. By the time it was over, all of the girls and not a few of the boys were in tears. Someone threw up on the bus going home. We were pretty traumatized. The next day, parents descended on the principal's office and that was the end of the "scared straight" field trips.
We were taken on a field trip to the county lock-up for a sort of "Scared Straight" exercise. The inmates were allowed to yell at us, tell us why they were incarcerated, tell us what would happen to us if we did something to end up there, and, in general, "scare us straight". The language and the topics were pretty raw. By the time it was over, all of the girls and not a few of the boys were in tears. Someone threw up on the bus going home. We were pretty traumatized. The next day, parents descended on the principal's office and that was the end of the "scared straight" field trips.
True for me also. I enjoyed going on all of them, but the Adler Planetarium and the Shedd Aquarium were a bit boring for me. I loved seeing the mummies at the Oriental Institute.
Pecos
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All of the field trips I went on were good. The best were:
- A trip to Carlsbad Caverns.
- A trip to the Symphony. I did not think I would enjoy it, but I really did.
- A trip to Carlsbad Caverns.
- A trip to the Symphony. I did not think I would enjoy it, but I really did.
Theresa Flowers
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In high school I was on the cross country running team. We took a week long trip in August to train in the catskill mountains. The training was great. I was a sophmore (second year of high school). The older kids brought marijuana, whippets and beer. Was traumatic to me.
I often give thought to the sheer pressure that so many kids go through and have to endure throughout their school years. I always stayed away from drugs, but many didn't.
Theresa Flowers
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I grew up quite sheleterd and strict. I tried the drugs and beer on that trip but only because of peer pressure. After that I skipped parties etc.
Good on you for skipping the party scene later.
I lost interest with a few friends along the way due their use of drugs and partying, and I didn't miss them. Amazing how fast one can grow apart from others when you recognize the risk of them dragging you down.
All of my field trips as a student were good and enjoyable, but I've heard teachers talking about taking students to farms where the animals were either seen breeding or eliminating, both activities which captivate their attention while giving them more of an "education" than was intended... 