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Feeling the immense mass of metal sway in the wind while I attempt to climb to the top is not how I pictured my field trip to the Statue of Liberty. It was October of my eighth grade year. Ever since I heard that my class was going to the Statue of Liberty, I anticipated the day we would depart. I was under the impression that we were just going to look at it; I never thought I would be climbing to the top, especially since I’m terrified of heights. At this point in my life, I wasn’t feeling particularly adventurous, and the journey to the crown seemed like one that would never end. We left school at 6:30 that morning. I was barely awake, and the only keeping my eyes open was the anticipation of our arrival, some three hours later. As usual, some one was late. It was no surprise that it was Ed Wong, the misfit of the grade. After the teachers exchanged a few uneasy glances, we left Pen Ryn. I fell asleep on the bus, so I don’t remember much about the ride to the Statue of Liberty. I woke up with a bout ten minutes to go in our ride, just in time to see the heart of the city. I breathed a glimpse of Manhattan. With only a few seconds of awe, we arrived at our destination. After we regressed from the tour bus, w