Learning Is Fun?

Washington DC, 2013 – Day 4

Field trip day! The great thing about going on a field trip is that we don’t have to teach our “regular rotation” (no cooking class!). The not so great thing is that we all get to walk with all the kids all over creation at that fast, fast pace that kids are known to have. It is a natural defense, children walk so slow that everyone is just bored to death.

 The other not so great thing is that you get to “enjoy” the children’s theater that is meant for children.

Dramatic recreation:

Leaders - “Hey everybody, are you ready to have some fun?”

Kids – “YEAAAAAAAAH!!”

Me – “hooray”

Leaders – “We are going to learn about using words and hip-hop to express ourselves. Doesn’t that sound like fun?”

Kids – “YESS!!”

Me – “zzzz…”

It was a good show, very age-appropriate, just not my age.

We also had the joy of going to the Museum of American History. It may come to you as no surprise that children really are not interested in our history that goes beyond the past 45 minutes. We managed to make things seem interesting, but not for long.

It was a good day, but a long day that, between the walking at a snails pace, trying to pretend to enjoy a children’s theater show, and trying to make history interesting, wore us out.

The workers placed carpet in half of an office, worked on more windows, and did not drop anything, break anything, or anyone. One of the workers did say that next year he wanted to bring his garage with him so he would have all of his tools on hand. I don’t know if there is a way to get all of that stuff on the train, but we’ll see.

One great note. Pastor Kasey observed that all of the people here knew why they were here. This means people are here for the sake of sharing the gospel of Christ. 

That is a great thing to hear and gives me a sense of mission while I am snoozing off during the happy, happy children’s theater production.