D.C. Survives Pressman
8th Grade Invasion!
by Rami Gruman
On the night of May 3, a Saturday, the eighth grade embarked on a momentous journey: the annual D.C. trip. The trip kicked off with a plane ride that lasted from late Saturday night to early Sunday morning. The eighth grade took in the beautiful sights as we landed, then took a bus to the National Mall. So began the maelstrom of tours and sightseeing that made up our next five days. The time not spent traversing attractions during the first day was spent sleeping, most us having gotten less than three hours of sleep on the flight. Our hotel nights weren’t much different sleepwise, as socializing with friends often took precedence over resting.
Despite my sleep-deprived
state, however, I was able
to appreciate the
attractions
we toured. The U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum and the
play we saw, Sheer Madness,
stood out the most to me.
Some other popular
attractions we toured were
the Washington Monument,
Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam
Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, World War II Memorial, Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown, and the Pentagon. Favorite attractions varied between students. Jonah Sanders liked Colonial Williamsburg the best. “It made me feel like a colonist,” he said. “I learned a lot.” Natalie Zamir, however, prefered the play. “It was really funny,” she said. Regardless of their personal views of which attraction was best, all agreed that the D.C. trip was one of the highlights of the Eighth Grade year.