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The World Congress Center Field Trip

December 10, 2011

On October 27, 2011 the Trinity 5th graders took a trip to the world congress center. It was an amazing experience. First, we were divided up into different cars. It’s always fun to hang out with different people in the car because you really get to know them outside of the classroom. When we arrived at the world congress center everybody got out of their cars and formed in a big group. We were all talking about how special this field trip was going to be. I knew it would be fun, but I didn’t exactly no what we were going to do. A lot of other people didn’t seem to know what we were going to do either. As I moved forward with my group I became more eager to know about the field trip. I walked into a room with a big stage and many seats. I was sure there must be at least 150 kids in the room and they were all from varieties of school. I sat down right in front of the balcony. I had a great view! A woman walked on the stage and began speaking. “Welcome everyone! Thank you for coming to the 2011 Milner Award. Please welcome our 2011 winner… Rick Riordan!

I had heard of him. He wrote the “Percy Jackson” series, the first book of the “Thirty-Nine Clues”, and many others. Rick Riordan walked on stage. He gave a speech about how Percy Jackson was based off of his son. I never could’ve guessed that! His son was having some trouble in school so he would tell his son about greek mythology. This kept his son interested in at least something in school. One day Mr. Riordan ran out of stories to tell. He made one up for his son and it was so good that his son said ” Dad you should really write that down and get it published.”

Mr. Riordan listened to his son. He wrote it down and sent it to a publisher. It was rejected so he sent it to another publisher. It was rejected again. Not until the fourteenth time did a publisher agree to publish it. It is a really good thing that Mr. Riordan percerveared because if he didn’t Percy Jackson wouldn’t have come out!

I learned that Mr. Riordan is really interested in all different types of mythology. He has many more books in store for his readers. Did you know that Mr. Riordan has two sons? I didn’t! He was also a teacher for many years. After Mr. Riordan gave his speech we all cheered as he recieved his award.

Congratulations Rick Riordan!

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