Museum of Tolerance
Describe your experience of the field trip to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. Use as many specific details as possible in your response while addressing the following questions:
- Describe the experience and what happened throughout the day.
- What did you learn from Mr. Dunst when he spoke to us on the bus?
- What made the biggest impact on you emotionally? What do you think you will remember most about this experience?
- What was the best thing about the field trip? Why?
- What was the worst thing about the field trip? Why? What would have made the trip better?
- What was your overall impression of the museum and its exhibits?
- What was your overall impression of the trip?
- Was the trip worthwhile? Would you go again or recommend it to other students?
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October 23, 2009 at 12:40 pm
MUSEUM OF TOLERENCE
The experience I had in the museum of tolerance was really fun and exciting because I met Mr. Dunst and he talked to us about his life in the holocaust. I was really paying attention because his story was really interesting and also sad. I also liked the museum because it shows everything that happened in the holocaust and it was fun being with students from other schools. I also liked the story from Mordents I learned that Mr. Dunst was like eleven years old when the Nazis attacked their town and his parents got killed. So the whole time he was with his brother. He also ran always from almost being killed. And he didn’t have any muscles in his body or flesh. Then he ran into his sister but then she died from depression. I will always remember the scene where I saw many babies’ dead or that were going to get killed and it was so sad I almost cried. The best thing about the field trip was meeting Mr. Dunst because he is really nice. The worst thing is the old man we got to teach us around. The exhibits were cool and very artistic. I think the trip was really fun and I would go again if there was one later on
October 26, 2009 at 10:47 am
When we first arrived to school we had to go to Ms. Nora Welshans office to check in. At Ms. Welshans we received our 84 for food and a AOIT shirt if we did not have one already. When we were done checking in with Ms. Welshans we were escorted to the bus. The bus was AWESOME! The bus was air conditioned and the seats were comfortable. On the bus we all got settled in and started our way to the museum. About 30 minutes in to our trip Mr. Dunst, a holocaust survivor began to tell us his story. He spoke to us for about 30 minutes about his heart wrenching story. Many of the students and teachers fought back tears because it was a story you wouldn’t normally hear from someone you would read about it in books. On the bus Mr. Dunst passed a very important message to us. I learned that it is wrong to judge someone by their ethnicity, race, religion, or sex. I knew this but I never really took it in to consideration. The new age today may say things that aren’t to nice but that is our custom. The best thing on the trip would have to be when we all got to go to Mc Donalds and Sub Way. I ordered a Mc Chicken, 6pc Nuggets, a double cheeseburger, fries, and a small drink. This meal was way more satifying then the school burritos provided on the trip. Many of the students brought their own snacks for the trip rangeing from 42 oz’s of gatoraid, and a family sized bag of chips. The worst thing about the trip to me would have to be when we were in the museum and we were watching how the nazi’s through babies out of the window to their death. This was very harsh to watch. The museum exhibits were spectacular. One of the exhibits of a concentration camp looked so real it brought Mr. Dunst to tears as he tried to explain to us that the floor covered in what look to be snow was actually human cremated dust falling. My overall impression on the trip was that it was well planned out and I enjoyed every last bit of it. The trip was very worth while. It was a free trip to L.A. not only did we get to go to the 2nd largest city in the United States we also go to meet a wonderful man who was very inspirational. This trip made a great impact on how I look at the world today and I will send on Mr. Dunst’s message for the years to come