One parent suggested a trip to State Capital but that was not considered because it was too far and would be too expensive for the school board. Another parent suggested a trip to the Mall of America but that was thought to be too dangerous for the kids – they might get lost. Someone then suggested a trip to a real live working farm. Everyone agreed that was a great idea as it would be a wonderful learning experience for every inner city kid.
The trip was planned and a few weeks later several buses arrived in front of the school around 9:00 a.m. The kids loaded up and were taken to a real farm about 35 miles west of the city. The students had the opportunity to spend all day on the farm with the farmer, his wife, his family and all his ranch hands.
The students got to watch the feeding operations, the milking operation, the barn clean-up process and some of the kids even got to help herd the sheep and chickens from one area of the farm to another. The kids really loved their day at the farm.
The next day back at the school a member of the member of the school board showed up at the class. This member was opposed to the field trip concept and wanted to find out first had if the children enjoyed their trip and to determine if it was worth spending the additional taxpayers' dollars on the transportation costs involved to take the children on this field trip.
The school board member asked the class if the field trip was good. Unanimously the kids shouted, "Yeah it was great."
"Well," asked the school board member, "what was the best part of the trip?"
One kid said, "The smells – I have never smelt any kind of air like that before in the city."
Another said, "I liked wide open spaces – I have never seen so much wide open land like that anywhere in the city."
Finally a third student said, "I loved all the different sounds we heard."
"The sounds?" asked the school board member.
"Yeah," yelled the kids, "there were all kinds of sounds out on the farm that we never hear in the city."
"Like, what kinds of sounds did you hear?" asked the school board member.
One little boy said, "Moo Moo - it was great hearing that sound all day."
Another student yelled out, "Oink Oink - that was the best sound I ever heard. I never heard that sound before in my whole entire life."
Still a third yelled out, "Baa Baa - I never knew sheep could talk." said a little girl.
In the back of the room sat quietly one little boy who was well known throughout the school and by all the school board members for always getting into trouble so the school board member asked, "And Billy, was there a sound that you liked hearing all day yesterday out on the farm?"
"Yes mam," he replied, "there sure was."
"Well what was it?"
He said, "It was “the farmer yelling at me all day 'Get down off that F^&@%$# tractor kid!'"
The students got to watch the feeding operations, the milking operation, the barn clean-up process and some of the kids even got to help herd the sheep and chickens from one area of the farm to another. The kids really loved their day at the farm.
The next day back at the school a member of the member of the school board showed up at the class. This member was opposed to the field trip concept and wanted to find out first had if the children enjoyed their trip and to determine if it was worth spending the additional taxpayers' dollars on the transportation costs involved to take the children on this field trip.
The school board member asked the class if the field trip was good. Unanimously the kids shouted, "Yeah it was great."
"Well," asked the school board member, "what was the best part of the trip?"
One kid said, "The smells – I have never smelt any kind of air like that before in the city."
Another said, "I liked wide open spaces – I have never seen so much wide open land like that anywhere in the city."
Finally a third student said, "I loved all the different sounds we heard."
"The sounds?" asked the school board member.
"Yeah," yelled the kids, "there were all kinds of sounds out on the farm that we never hear in the city."
"Like, what kinds of sounds did you hear?" asked the school board member.
One little boy said, "Moo Moo - it was great hearing that sound all day."
Another student yelled out, "Oink Oink - that was the best sound I ever heard. I never heard that sound before in my whole entire life."
Still a third yelled out, "Baa Baa - I never knew sheep could talk." said a little girl.
In the back of the room sat quietly one little boy who was well known throughout the school and by all the school board members for always getting into trouble so the school board member asked, "And Billy, was there a sound that you liked hearing all day yesterday out on the farm?"
"Yes mam," he replied, "there sure was."
"Well what was it?"
He said, "It was “the farmer yelling at me all day 'Get down off that F^&@%$# tractor kid!'"
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