Field trips in school?

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NancyNGA

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Did anyone ever take a field trip in school? Do you remember anything interesting about the trip?

We took one to a Coca Cola bottling company, probably in 3rd or 4th grade. All I remember was that it was in an old dark dreary building downtown. We went up some creaky wood stairs, to the top floor, and watched the bottle capping machine in operation. It looked something like this (from 1950s), only not quite so big and fancy. ;)

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Took one to Howes Caverns in NY state. One to WashingtonDC for, I believe, crossing guard reward. Several small trips to football games when I was in the school band. A couple to local manufacturing plants, and when I was older, went through the Utica brewing company plant. Free beer at the end.
 
Every year we went on field trips. We are close to New York City so many times we went there. All the museums, Statue of Liberty, In the lower grades we went to a dairy farm which I loved. One trip that I remember well was to China town in NYC. We were waiting for the bus to go home right at the border of Chinatown and Little Italy. I guess the bus was late in coming and we got restless and began fooling around a bit to much. An old man who was selling vegetables etc. in Little Italy had just about enough of the rowdy kids in front of his stand. He grabbed a couple of fresh eels and threw them at us and then chased us with them for a good block. We finally all gathered back on the Chinatown side and waited quietly for the bus. Lesson learned. I have no idea where the teacher was through all this,probably to embarrassed to show her face or figured the old man was doing a better job than her controlling us.
 

Our D E [distributive Education] class took an overnight trip to Pittsburgh Pa. to attend an east coast seminar for the following day on how well D E as an innovative idea was working. The girls in their rooms the boys in their rooms. The chaperon's in their rooms.


Since we all had jobs we all had money. Finding a wino to buy us booze was not a problem. A pharmacy close by to buy condoms not a problem. Party time. Our class missed the early morning session, and there were no pregnancies.

Best field trip ever.
 
I grew up in NY, it was a common occurrence to go on field trips. There's hardly a landmark, museum, park we didn't explore. There were also out of town explorations as well, places like DC, PA and other areas. I loved field trips except going to things like the circus whether with the school or my parents, that's just one place I specifically detested and wished I could avoid.
 
Wow! You guys were so lucky to go to so many different places (or at least on "exciting" trips). I can only remember one other, in 6th grade. The important thing about that trip was they could only get 3 volunteer drivers, two with station wagons, and my dad with a pickup truck. So the girls got to ride in the back of the truck and sing 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.:cool: The boys had to ride in uncool station wagons. :) I don't even remember where we went. :confused:
 
NancyNGA said:
Wow! You guys were so lucky to go to so many different places (or at least on "exciting" trips). I can only remember one other, in 6th grade. The important thing about that trip was they could only get 3 volunteer drivers, two with station wagons, and my dad with a pickup truck. So the girls got to ride in the back of the truck and sing 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.:cool: The boys had to ride in uncool station wagons. :) I don't even remember where we went. :confused:
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Yes Nancy, It wasn't a field trip if you didn't sing 99 bottles of beer on the wall. I forgot all about that.
 
We went on several over the years.

I remember a tour of the Millbrook bread bakery, they gave us each a loaf of bread at the end of the tour.

Class trip to Montreal, the hotel encouraged our chaperones to try one of Montreal's other fine hotels for future trips.

German class trip to an Oktoberfest celebration, our chaperones didn't seem to notice us sampling various German beers.

Each year at the end of school our bus driver would take us all to the local soft ice cream stand and buy us a large cone, out of his own pocket, before he started the route to take us all home.

Today many of the things I remember from those trips would have gotten people fired or arrested, it was a great time to be a kid, LOL!!!
 
Oh geeze, Found a Peanut- hadn't thought of that in many years, LOL!

I did go on a few field trips with the 99 bottles of beer on the wall, too. But Ruth's eels beat even Knight's story!
 
NancyNGA said:
Found a peanut? Pappy, I've never heard of that one. Could you elaborate? Or maybe you shouldn't? :playful:
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Okay, but you'll be sorry. And, there's a lot more. Didn't copy whole song, in fact, I don't know if it ever ends.

[SIZE=+2]Found a Peanut[/SIZE]
(source: "The World's Best Funny Songs", Esther J. Nelson, 1988; also in "The Worm Song and Other Tasty Tunes", Janet Wilson, 1993, and in "The Kids' Campfire Book", Jane Drake and Ann Love, Kids Can Press, 1996.)
[SIZE=+1]Found a peanut, found a peanut, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Found a peanut last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, I found a peanut. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Found a peanut last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Broke it open, broke it open, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Broke it open last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, I broke it open. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Broke it open last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Found it rotten, found it rotten, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Found it rotten last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, I found it rotten. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Found it rotten last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Ate it anyway, ate it anyway, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Ate it anyway last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, I ate it anyway. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Ate it anyway last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Got a tummyache, got a tummyache, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Got a tummyache last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, I got a tummyache. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Got a tummyache last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Called the doctor, called the doctor, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Called the doctor last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, I called the doctor. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Called the doctor last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Penicillin, penicillin, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Penicillin last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, penicillin. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Penicillin last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Wasn't working, wasn't working, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Wasn't working last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, it wasn't working. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Wasn't working last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Operation, operation, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Operation last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, an operation. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Operation last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Died anyway, died anyway, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Died anyway last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, I died anyway. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Died anyway last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Wouldn't take me, wouldn't take me, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Wouldn't take me last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, they wouldn't take me. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Wouldn't take me last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Went the other way, went the other way, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Went the other way last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, I went the other way. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Went the other way last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Found it all a dream, found it all a dream, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Found it all a dream last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, I found it all a dream. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Found it all a dream last night.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Found a peanut, found a peanut, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Found a peanut last night. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Last night, I found a peanut. [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]Found a peanut last night.[/SIZE]
 
Nancy, it's an extra line. After the dying part, we actually "went to heaven" (forgot that one), then "met St. Peter" then after that (he) "wouldn't take me"..... am I right Pappy?
 
At primary school, we used to have what was called an 'educational outing'. These were quite good with visits to places like the local airport - into the control tower, round the airport fire station etc... Much better was the ice cream factory where we got free samples.

We didn't have anything so exciting in senior school - except perhaps for the schools' lectures at the university. I remember one about explosives, rocket etc... I don't suppose they'd be allowed to give those now.

My children had it somewhat better with European trips.
 
For your singing pleasure, ma'am.
Now that I've totally screwed up the thread, I'll shut up. :sentimental:


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[h=1]The Animal Fair | Lyrics[/h]
The Animal Fair is a minstrel song.
[h=3]Lyrics[/h]I went to the animal fair,
The birds and the beasts were there,
The big baboon by the light of the moon
Was combing his auburn hair,
The monkey bumped the skunk,
And sat on the elephant's trunk;
The elephant sneezed and fell to his knees,
And that was the end of the monk,
The monk, the monk, the monk,
The monk, the monk, the monk.

[h=3]Alternate Lyrics[/h]I went to the animal fair,
All the birds and the beasts were there,
The big baboon by the light of the moon
Was combing his auburn hair.
You should have seen the monk,
He sat on the elephant's trunk;
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees,
And what became of the monk,
The monk, the monk, the monk,
The monk, the monk, the monk?
and...
I went to the Animal Fair.
The birds and the bees were there,
The big baboon by the light of the moon,
Was combing his aubern hair.
The monkey fell out of his bunk.
Slid down the elephants trunk;
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees,
And what became of the monkey,
Monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey.

The first group then carries on while the second group sings the verse again.
 
yes, field trip in grade school to some caverns and we had a little ditty also,,,
it starts out
that's tough
what's tough
lifes tough
what's life
its a magazine
where do you get it
at the drugstore
how much
10 cents
i only have 5 cents
and repeat from the beginning
 
Deucemoi said:
yes, field trip in grade school to some caverns and we had a little ditty also,,,
it starts out
that's tough
what's tough
lifes tough
what's life
its a magazine
where do you get it
at the drugstore
how much
10 cents
i only have 5 cents
and repeat from the beginning
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I remember that little ditty. Looooonnnngggg time ago. :rolleyes:
 

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