Best Day in Education

 My best day in education is actually three best days.  For the past twenty two years I have taken on the job of organizing Westwood's eighth grade trip to Washington DC.   Three days with eighth graders?    Yep!  Teachers often only see the students in the classroom, and if they do have the chance to go  on a field trip with them it's only a day.   Taking my students on a three day trip to the nations capitol gives me a new perspective on my students.   It's difficult to get students excited about school.  This trip though gets them buzzing.   The excitement starts to build at the beginning of March when rooms for the trip need to be organized and turned in.   In early May, about two weeks before the trip, there is the last organizational meeting.  Finally there is the day of the trip.   In the time span between March and the day of the trip I witness the students building excitement....