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£1,850 School Trip
This is becoming silly, isn't it?
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I suspect there are many parents in the area concerned who would be unable to afford £1,850, and yet with zero sense of irony the school posted the following on their website.
'It’s an unforgettable and eye-opening trip, where students learn first hand about the enormous resourcing gap between people groups and how the squalor of poverty sits alongside the extravagance of wealth.'
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I suspect there are many parents in the area concerned who would be unable to afford £1,850, and yet with zero sense of irony the school posted the following on their website.
'It’s an unforgettable and eye-opening trip, where students learn first hand about the enormous resourcing gap between people groups and how the squalor of poverty sits alongside the extravagance of wealth.'
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I'm sure lots of parents will be unable or would struggle to pay that. I don't think the status of the parent (single or in relationship) should have any bearing on the price charged. My parents often said no to school trips -e g France for a week- but I got by. If the trip is essential for the course then there should be some form of financial support available for those in need.
I find it hard to see why this trip has been arranged though. It does put pressure on parents
I find it hard to see why this trip has been arranged though. It does put pressure on parents
Although a bit steeper than here it is par for the course. The kids pay for the entirety of all the teachers to go as well?
On the cheaper side my school offers a trip to Greece for 5 days at £790 each and Poland for 5 days at £760 each.
I have twins so needless to say they have not gone on any school ‘educational’ holidays. Even the day trips are £35 to £45 a pop.
Scout gamboree was £3k and even the ‘didn’t quite make scout gamboree camp’ camp was £1,600 again mine are not going to either.
We are not without means but even for us this is way more than we can afford.
On the cheaper side my school offers a trip to Greece for 5 days at £790 each and Poland for 5 days at £760 each.
I have twins so needless to say they have not gone on any school ‘educational’ holidays. Even the day trips are £35 to £45 a pop.
Scout gamboree was £3k and even the ‘didn’t quite make scout gamboree camp’ camp was £1,600 again mine are not going to either.
We are not without means but even for us this is way more than we can afford.
When I was at school, school trips were a one-day thing to museums and art galleries not a holiday to a far-flung land. We only got to go abroad when we had exchange students. They came to live with us and then we went to live with them, the cost is then minimal but the experience was good because you are experiencing life in a foreign country.
What an exhorbitant sum of money to subject a child to something that would inevitably be troubling and emotionally draining.
Children are naturally prone to jealously and think money grows on trees, so when they see those who have everything their little heart desires they feel envy, inadequacy and even embarrassment.
And then when they see children wearing torn clothing, living in slums and having no toys or material posessions, they would likely find that heartbreaking and disturbing and experience feelings of guilt.
If I were to part with that sum of money for my child to go on a trip I'd want him to go and swim with the Dolphins and snorkel and see beautiful wildlife and have a memory he could treasure forever.
Children are naturally prone to jealously and think money grows on trees, so when they see those who have everything their little heart desires they feel envy, inadequacy and even embarrassment.
And then when they see children wearing torn clothing, living in slums and having no toys or material posessions, they would likely find that heartbreaking and disturbing and experience feelings of guilt.
If I were to part with that sum of money for my child to go on a trip I'd want him to go and swim with the Dolphins and snorkel and see beautiful wildlife and have a memory he could treasure forever.
Back in the 90s I used to take pupils to France. Average cost was about £200. A lot of parents couldn't afford that. At least it had some relevance to the curriculum. The idea of £2k to go to SA is ridiculous. It has no bearing on their studies and even if I were awash with money I would not let a child go to such a dangerous place.
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