100 eighth graders boycott picture with Paul Ryan during Washington field trip.

Courtesy of Common Dreams: 

One hundred eighth grade students refused to be photographed with Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan during a field trip to the nation's capital because they "didn't want to be associated with a person who puts his party before his country," as one student put it. 

According to reporting, roughly half of the 200 students who traveled from South Orange Middle School in New Jersey protested the photo-op on Thursday, watching instead from a parking lot across the street. 

"It's not just a picture," eighth grade student Matthew Malespina told the local ABC News affiliate. "It's being associated with a person who puts his party before his country." 

Most recently, Ryan has come under fire for forcing through legislation that would strip healthcare from 23 million Americans.

Well look at that, we now live in a country where eighth grade students have more integrity than the entire Republican party. 

Looks like the future might be in good hands after all.

97 year old woman who spent 15 years raising money to send students on field trips enjoys a special one of her own to the White House to meet the President.

Courtesy of the Daily Mail:  

A 97-year-old who grew up in segregated Oklahoma and who never got to take field trips as a child was granted the excursion of her lifetime on Tuesday. 

Vivian Bailey, who served domestically in the Women's Army Corps during WW2, was invited by President Obama to meet him at the White House to honor her commitment to Maryland children. 

'It was quite a surprise! I had no idea we were going to meet the President and the Vice President, and it was awesome,' Bailey told ABC News. 

'It was a dream come true.' 

Bailey has spent 15 years of her retirement raising money for students at Running Brook Elementary School so that they could afford to take field trips. 

Bailey accompanied a class of fourth graders from her school to Washington DC on her first field trip ever earlier this month.

 I just thought that we needed a good news story to end the day.

And this one certainly qualifies.