Field Trip Reflection

Thursday’s field trip to Los Angeles was one of the greatest and most memorable experiences I have had in a while. After learning about genocide and the holocaust it was amazing to see up close what some of the victims had to go through. After 10 minutes of talking in that wagon it began to get really hot. I could only imagine what some of the Jewish people went through. I mean 2 weeks of sitting in cramped and dirty conditions, I’m really thankful I’ve never gone through that. It was also really sad to see the pictures of holocaust victims on the wall. Our museum guide was like; take a look at the wall these pictures were donated by family members of the dead. That wasn’t too exciting to hear about.

The Darfur event in the evening was great, I can’t wait to read the book that we got. I gained a lot of knowledge on top of the things I had already known about just by listening to what Cheadle and Prendergast had to say. It was cool to see so many people who wanted to make a huge difference in our world, without violence. The thing that surprised me was, I didn’t expect to see that many kids. In fact the majority of the audience was young adults. I thought that it was also really cool that kids our age were so heavily involved in the stopping of genocide especially in Darfur.

Overall the day was pretty chill, from the architecture museum, to the tar pits, to the holocaust memorial, and finally the Darfur event the day was pretty random. I’m sure I’ll never have another day like this only because of the variety of subjects and this is why I won’t forget about it anytime soon.