We were invited by a teacher friend of my wife to come and talk at the school's gifted program's Sci Fi week. Since this was held during school (or work for us grown ups) hours, it took a lot of back and forth to get a good time nailed down. It wasn't until about a week out that I got it settled.
We arrived at the school while the kids were at lunch and suited up. They gathered the kids in a large room, and had them all sit on the floor. There were about 100 4th, 5th, and 6th graders in the gifted program. They weren't told ahead of time we were coming, so when we entered the room, the excitement on their faces was incredible. I don't know if I'd ever seen so much excitement at any one troop. It reminded me exactly why I do this.
So, we enter the room, and they basically asked us to talk about Star Wars, and answer questions. So we did. The kids were amazing. So engaged, so curious. Some asked silly questions like, "Is there a Taco Bell on the Death Star." Others, really good questions like "Whats the difference between clones and stormtroopers."
At the end of the talk, we posed for pictures with the kids, and suited down.
We were there for about an hour, and made a lot of kids days, I'm pretty sure.
I want to extend a special thanks to Eric and Ted for taking time out of their work day at the last minute to help with this one.
Troopers: 3 troopers x 1 hour= 3 trooping hours
Patrick Lewis - TK-52809
Ted Ruler - TI-36285
Eric Werner - TK-41551
No charity donation, just our time for the kids!
More pics can be found: http://s1099.photobucket.com/user/Midwe ... iFi%20Week
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Re: 10/20/2014 Horizon Elem Sci Fi Week - Hanover Park/60133
ToD updated. Great job with the school kids!
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Re: 10/20/2014 Horizon Elem Sci Fi Week - Hanover Park/60133
looks like a totally cool event...
nicely done!!
nicely done!!