JFK Field Trip Reflection

1) Three things I learned about JFK that I did not know prior are how he was involved in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, his tough decision on what to do about the Cuban Missal Crisis and how close he brought us to Nuclear War, and how he did not help a lot for the Civil Rights Movement while he was first elected.

2) The most interesting part of the trip was the story of how he gave a local of the island a coconut in order to get him and his rescued after his PT Boat sank.

3) The field trip would have been a little better if they talked more about the entire Kennedy family rather than just Jack and his election period.

4) I do not believe that JFK deserves to be considered one of the best presidents of all time. The most he did as president was stop us from Nuclear War, but even that was a very close call and he was more lucky that nothing happened than anything else. Also, I do not think he would have even won presidency if his father did not throw in so much money, and he was not a womanizer. He only won the presidency by a couple thousand votes too, so the run was very close. I do like Jack Kennedy himself, just not his ideals or the way he won his presidency or even the reason he ran for president.