Strawberry Farm

This week we got to take the students on a field trip to a strawberry farm. The kids all had to come an hour early, and it was a really long bus ride. It was hard to tell during the trip because everything was so rushed, but I think that the kids really enjoyed it. The bus that my class was on got there really late (we had to wait a long time for a late student, and we got really lost) so we missed a few fun things. There were basically three things that we got to do:

First, we got to pick strawberries. I think that most students found one or two. It was a little frustrating, because all of the other classes had gone through first and picked them all. Even if they didn't find much, they still had fun searching for them.

Next, we got to plant strawberries. The farm didn't really seem to be set up for the number of students that we had, so all the students (I think around 80-90) were squished together between these rows of dirt. Half of them dove in and coated themselves with the dirt, and the other half wouldn't touch it. The dirt divers were more than willing to help the neat freaks. They each got to take one plant home in a pot that was much bigger than it had to be, and we had a great time finding space for all the darn plants on the bus.

The last part was by far the best. We thought that we would make strawberry jam, but the substitute was way better. Each pair of students got a plate of strawberries, one cup of melted chocolate, and one cup of sugary chopped peanuts. I paired most of my students with one girl and one boy, which made it so much cuter when they ate the fondue. While they enjoyed the actual strawberries, what they like most was trying eat melted strawberry with a stick.

I really didn't do much else this week that is worth noting. I am now counting down the days until I leave. There are 23 days of school before I am done. I just keep reminding myself that I am almost done and all of the conflict and stress that I feel will soon be history.