Wednesday, October 13, 2010

"Field Trip" Semester Essay #1

           Cancelling field trips for the remainder of the year is one of the worst ways of trying to conserve money. The rest of the school year is going to be boring and students will be less enthusiastic about school. School field trips help make education interesting and rewards students for their progress. Field trips help students get involve in school activities. School field trips are essential to those who are visual learners. Field trips also helps students relate to things they may have learned in the classroom. There are more options out there that would be more effective.
          Without field trips, students wouldn’t have anything exciting to look forward to. They would have to report to the same classroom everyday to do the same routine. Some students would even miss some days of school because they are drained and school doesn’t excite them. Some students may even decide that they would like to a transfer to a school that has more field trips and school activities. Students want to go to a school that is fun and entertaining. Field trip also helps improve student’s behavior. Students will try to be good at school, so they could be allowed to attend the field trip. The school will loose money because children are not coming to school everyday and students would transfer. To keep children and have a school year that all children would look forward to is having fun and exciting field trips, instead of coming to school everyday without any activities.
            Field trips make learning new things interesting, due to the fact that student’s are having a lot of fun learning. Students are out in the environment seeing new things in a different perspective, than they would normally do in a classroom. They are seeing what they’re learning in action. Field trips motivate the students to learn more about where they are. Students would have a higher rate of remembering what they have learned. This happens because students are having fun and learning at the same time. Without field trips, students would forget the majority of what they’ve learned in a couple of months.
           Field trips also help those students who are visual learners. It presents the subject as an attention grabber. It also allows the students to interact with each other outside of the classroom. While on field trips, students take what they have learned inside of the classroom and apply it in a new environment.
Instead of cancelling field trips, you could gain money by having fundraisers. One way that the school could raise some money is by having a community wide event at the school. We could have booths and carnival games. That would bring in a large profit. You could also do other things such as having a bake sale or a car wash. Students could also sell candy. These are a few activities that can help the school financially and it could also fund field trips for students.
            Field trips are essential to the learning of many students. It shows them that they learned in the classroom could be applied outside of school. It benefits students of all learning types, but it benefits those who are visual learners the most. Students who go on field trips are more likely to retain what they have learned compared to students who don’t. It encourages students to come to school everyday and be on their best behavior. There is a certain type of tranquility that a child receives when they go somewhere they’ve never been before. They are in somewhat of an awe. Why would anyone want to take this feeling away from a child?

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