1. We learned mosquito safety.
2. We also learned how to avoid and escape rip currents.
3. We acquired massive amounts of sand in our shoes because that's what the playground was covered in.
4. We looked for sharks' teeth instead of playing on the swing or slide.
5. We had indoor recess often because the weather was too hot or rainy.
6. We waited patiently outside for a flyby if our teacher knew the Blue Angels were in town.
7. And we begged them to let us skip lessons and watch the sky when Kennedy Space Center was launching something.
8. Even though we've seen rockets up close during the field trip to Kennedy Space Center that we've all been on.
9. We groaned every time we heard the terms "sunshine state standards."
10. We learned extensively about brackish water and mangrove trees even though that knowledge is pretty useless now.
11. And we rode one of these on the way to a field trip at Busch Gardens.
Genevieve Adams 5th grade Lowry Elementary. On the bus back home from 5th grade Busch Gardens field trip!!#hcpsread
It was a "science trip" because Busch Garden is also a zoo, but we definitely rode all of the roller coasters.
12. We all wore clothes from Simply Southern to school.
13. If we weren't wearing Simply Southern, we were wearing Guy Harvey or Salt Life.
14. We were taught how to master the "stingray shuffle."
15. We read about people like Ponce de Leon and Henry Ford because they had a significant impact on Florida's history.
16. We had to learn the lyrics to "Swanee River" and then we promptly forgot them.
17. We watched the news during a tropical storm or hurricane watch to see if school was canceled.
School canceled for tropical storm but...
Sometimes the storm would just turn and we'd have a day off of school where the weather was sunny.
18. And we got to skip school if we didn't use a hurricane makeup day.
19. Finally, we learned how to outrun an alligator.
