Field trip to Arceibo

Radio Telescope in Arceibo

One of the poles that holds the telescope

On the bus

I went on my first field trip as a teacher this week. I cannot believe how well behaved these kids at my school are. There was not one problem behavior on the trip. They had a lot of fun and so did I. The field trip was taken with the three sixth grade classes. About forty students went. Our trip was taken to the Arceibo Radio Telescope. It is up in the mountains in the town of Arceibo. The telescope is the world’s largest radio telescope. The place had a museum that we went through after watching a video about the telescope. The museum had a lot of interesting things about science and the planets, moon, and sun. Once we saw all of that we went outside to see the telescope. It was really huge. The telescope is used to record information about the moon, sun, and planets. Scientists from all over the world come here to do research and study things about science. I think the students enjoyed it; however, I believe they enjoyed hanging out with their friends more. The bus ride was pretty interesting too. Most of the girls on the bus sat near the back. The students are allowed to bring cd’s and the bus driver plays them. Most of the music was reggaeton. The girl’s were having a dance party on the back of the bus, which I felt was totally unsafe but the other PR teachers did not say anything. It must be normal. I kept telling Mandi, my roommate that if we got into an accident someone would really get hurt. A mother who was following us to Arceibo actually mentioned something about the students standing. I was glad she did because then the other teachers realized how much trouble we could get into if someone did get hurt and we allowed them to be standing. On the way home we made them sit. It is funny they way things work here. You would think that a bus driver would make the students sit. But if you came to PR you would totally understand this if you spend any time driving around this island. Driving is crazy and the police do not seem to enforce the driving laws very often. Can be pretty scary, especially at first. It was a fun time though, but also a tiring day.