"I've been here in the past and I had a fun time...so I thought i'd come again to have fun."
"It's funner than just being in a classroom..."
"I was 5 feet away from the first president!"
"I've...never been east of the Mississippi, so it's really cool."
"You get to see things that you've never seen before..."
"The most impressive on this trip was the changing of the guards..."
"It's really cool being at the first English settlement in America."
"We've done so many things...we went all the way to the top of the Empire State Building."
"You're learning a lot more about your nation...and you get to see it for yourself."
"I've just been really enjoying this week...in DC & New York...I really recommend going."
"I think it is really a great experience...and a great privilege."
"It makes me really proud to be American."
"The Capitol building & the Martin Luther King Memorial was probably my two favorites."
"Today i'm in Washington because I really love history and I thank my parents for letting me come here."
"I feel like students in America should definitely take the opportunity to go to DC and see what our capitol is like."
"You can see a lot of sights you were just able to read about..."
"You get to learn...and hang out with your friends at the same time..."
"Arlington National Cemetery was really motivating to me..."
"It's an amazing opportunity..."
"We've seen places that I would never been able to see..."
"I always wanted to go the White House and we did."
"It's just a totally different experience...you get to cover so much more ground."
"My favorite part is probably all the Smithsonian's."