Response by Lauren Barnes 
      I wouldn't have thought that a trip to a place
designated to teach children math and science could be 

such an educational place.  I learned mant things, and

realized many things that I know I have learned before, just never saw

how important they actually were.

I learned how easily enlightened a child is.  I witnessed children

learning things through play that many people don't learn until high

school or college.  These things they are learning will stay with them,

as a fun experience in their lives and they will remember the information

they learned.  I remember going to a science center at a young age, and I

still remember the things I learned there.

I realized that even though there is so much in the world to learn, it is

actually quite easy.  Learning doesn't have to be experience through

classrooms, teachers and books, it can be learned individually.  The

answers are in our hearts somewhere, some things just take time for one

to discover.  The world is a puzzle that is being put together in a frame

too small.  I learned that we need a bigger frame.  Bigger hearts, bigger

states of mind.  Pessimists may just be the ones writing our books and

news stories and people are beginning to give up hope.  Visiting the

Science Center made me view life in a much simpler way- and I think I'll

stick to it.