In the beginning iI was dreading this senior trip to be honest. No one I talked to was going nothing planned sounded fun, and the thought or working on my senior trip just seemed like a joke to me. Now after being here for this week and doing all I i did I can say my early thoughts were very wrong. Throughout the week people that have never talked in school or any other place are now talking. People I honestly thought would be stuck up and mean are opening up and come to find out they are very nice. The work we did will impact a lot of people I know this for a fact, I helped mow and weed-whack this little old ladies lawn and just the joy in her smile could of brought a smile to anyones face. While the work we did was rewarding i think the best part of it was just being around one and other. Lets face it, if this trip never happened most of us would pass each other in the hall like no one was there at all. I know the point of this trip was to put us around people we are not normally with. At first this sounded just ridiculous to me but now I see it actually worked. People are talking with people they never talked with or even thought about talking to before and too see how being around each other for only one week can make us open up and be comfortable around people we once thought we would never talk to is great. Personally I had a great trip although certain times were very aggravating all in all the trip was rewarding for me. I will always have these memories and I hope the friendships i made here will actually carry on to when we had back to school. You can say oh it was dumb work sucked blah blah blah but in the long run. it was rewarding and me probably being one of the people most against going on this senior trip in the beginning can say i will most likely be one of the happiest i went along.i know i didn't say al I had to say but generally I know everyone is glad they came and are happy they got the chance to talk to people they never talked to before. Its funny we have been together in school for years but some people dont know others even exists. After this trip i know that will be different and I'm happy for that I will never forget sitting on the back of the boat going down the river looking at the city it was the most relaxing time ever. Thank you to everyone that made this possible.

Sincerely

Cody Stidfole