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School trip

Posted by: Ginger on October 17, 2007 at 11:39AM EST

Hi. My son went on a school trip (took a bus about 6 hours away) and they are staying in a hotel -- nothing fancy. They are four to a room... I heard my son say that two of them would sleep on the floor (gross!) and take turns. Maybe girls don't mind sharing a bed (well, maybe they do) but the kids did not take sleeping bags or anything. It's not a big deal but it made me wonder ... is this typical? Man, I'd be worried as a teacher on the trip to put four teens -- boys or girls -- together for any length of time! I know it helped with the cost of the trip, though. Just curious...

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Posted by: sj on October 17, 2007 11:50AM EST

This seems to be standard procedure-- both of my kids' school trips have been like that. And no, the boys will not sleep in the same bed-- but then again, they don't sleep much! There usually is a system to keep them in the rooms (tape on the door-- if it's broken when the teachers check--- Big Trouble!), but they spend all night calling each other's rooms and texting. Then they sleep on the bus ride home. I haven't quite determined what the usefulness of these trips is!