"Here at Lexington High School lives a hero."
Deep behind the smiles of our high school students, lurks an unfulfilled dream. Remembering the days of those yester-years can be painful for an average high school kid. It seems as if it were just days ago that my classmates and I excitedly boarded the bus for one of our several field trips. However, sadly, these days are gone, and there is no way of bringing them back.
There has to be a logical explanation for the lack of field trips. Could it be that the teachers feel that field trips are for children? Does the school not have the money to support our field trip needs? Or does the faculty just not care anymore?
However, here at Lexington High School lives a hero. A teacher not scared to tell his side of the story. Of course, I am talking about the King of Field Trips, Doc Cav. As a reporter, I felt it to be my duty to interview this genuine saint. The following questions were asked:
Q: You seem to like field trips. Could you tell us why?
A: "It offers an alternative learning experience."
Q: Have teachers ever said "What’s the story with those field trips?" or told you to treat us like high school, not grade school students?
A: "No comments like that have been presented to me."
Q: How many times do you, on average, find yourself taking students and wandering off annually?
A: "I usually take three to six with my classes and three to four with history club."
Q: Have you always, in your years of teaching, gone above and beyond the so-called "teaching limit" with your field trips?
A: "For much of the first part of my teaching, I was not in the field trip mode."
If more teachers would just follow the fine example that our history-loving superman has set, we would be in a much better position. Field trips are of great importance to a young and expanding mind. The teachers here at our high school need to learn this valuable information. Maybe someday we will be able to ride in a bus with all of our teachers to a field trip destination point. Maybe someday the teachers will realize that the neglecting of field trips injure us in many ways. Until then, I find it to be the student body’s job to nag them all until they’ve no choice but to give in to our desired needs.
Thank you, Doc, for keeping our childhood dreams alive!
