A Beautiful Classroom Walk

On April 24, 2015, my class and I went a beautiful walk through our school’s “outdoor classroom”. This “outdoor classroom” is like a small forest/woods. Just like Thoreau said, “When we walk, we naturally got to the fields and woods”. When I first stepped outside, a cool breeze rushed through my hair. I could feel the warm rays of the sun. We walked over to the outdoor classroom, which is basically a small trail that leads to a creek.  As I approached the trail, I saw some small, dark-green, leafy plants sticking out of the ground, and there was a mint smell in the air. I tore off one of the leaves and smelled: it was peppermint leaves.

                

I continued to walk down the trial, trying to clear my head from all

the stress. I remembered what Thoreau wrote in his essay: “Walking”. Thoreau said, “You must walk like a camel, which is said to be the only beast which ruminates when walking.” So I “ruminated” about the simple beauty of nature and how it is easily overlooked.

Later down the trail, I spotted many types of plants. I saw small white/light purple flowers, and a bright, beautiful, yellow dandelion standing out between the wood on the ground. I also saw a peculiar green

 plant with seven leaves branching off on each side. One thing that
really stuck out to me was all of the trash around the trees and plants in the trail. All of this trash made me question: what were the people thinking as they threw the trash on the ground? Overall, I really enjoyed this walk and it was a good way to clear my mind. I wish we could do more walks like this more often.