Dear Sir, I am a student at San Jose Catholic School in Jacksonville, Florida. I recently took a field trip there, and at first I did think Starbase would be a little boring, since I wasn’t really interested in science and engineering, but I don’t think I have ever been so wrong in my entire life. It was a great learning atmosphere, and the staff there knows how to make learning fun. While we were doing experiments and building and flying planes, it didn’t seem like learning, but it seemed like just a great three days. I learned a lot about air, like how it takes up space and that air pressure loves to be even. I also learned about inertia (and that Ms. Brooks is dating Sir Isaac Newton…Long story. ) Anyway, I also learned a little about how a military base works. We also got to see F-15s take off, which was really cool. My favorite part of the field trip was when we dressed up in flight suits and flew planes on a flight simulator. Another favorite part of mine was when we learned all these different sayings, which are: the teacher would say, “Eyeballs class!” and we would respond, “Eyeballs sir!” We used that one a lot. And the rest were, “Science is good!” “All the time!” “Aw snap!” Aw yeah!” “ Starbase!” “Rocks!” “Starbucks!” “Is too expensive!” And my favorite “Mr. Marchan!” ” Smooth like Jackie Chan.” Please ask Congress to reverse their decision to terminate STARBASE. It would be very sad to see the staff of STARBASE have to leave. STARBASE got me more interested in learning about science. I think it was a great experience for all of us, and I think it would be great for all of the other catholic and public schools. Please take into consideration asking if Congress if we can keep the STARBASE experience alive.
Sincerely,
