Memory should be working quite well by age 8
In fact, I remember my 3rd grade field trips just fine. We went to a cave, a natural spring/cave, and a nuclear plant.
I don't have much to tell you about the cave, but I still have vivid mental pictures.
At the natural spring/cave, I remember the unique type of rocks on the ground, and one in particular which I kept. I also remember the principal telling me on the drive home that I had done several "squirelly" things that day, however at the time I couldn't think of anything I had done that was out of line.
At the nuclear plant, they told us about some type of diagnostic injection that would go into one's bloodstream. I asked how the substance got out of one's body. It was then that I learned what the kidneys do. Embarrassing at the time, yes, but I wouldn't say traumatic.
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