The School Trip: no booze, no snogging, and dealing with adoring ten year olds
So the Biology A2 level syllabub (yes I thought that was a creamy dessert too) includes a trip away for a week. A field trip, but not in a field, by the sea.
Yesterday, we attended the pre-trip meeting. We sat in a little gaggle at the back (because we’re the ‘cool’ parents – it’s the equivalent of getting the back seats in the bus): me, Mr and Mrs Marsh (parents of the adorable Marshes, The Prof’s mates), and various other mates and mums.
It was a bit boring, frankly, apart from the startling slide show which they ran in the background with pictures of last year’s trip: people in wellies, people wading in the sea, people inspecting something they’d just picked up off the beach, a teenage boy in a bikini, the hostel where they’re staying….
WAIT! A BOY IN A BIKINI?
That woke me up. Not exactly sure why that was in there but I’ve spoken to the Prof and he swears that there’s no bikini mentioned on the packing list so we’re all good.
Basically it was the same old stuff that was on the letters home: no smoking, no fraternising, no drinking, no wandering waist high in to the sea…
I amused myself by chatting on Twitter, until I accidentally dropped my phone and was rewarded by a stern look from my offspring. That’ll teach me.
The teacher warned them that they would be sharing the hostel with a class of primary school kids. He went into detail about dealing with adoring ten year olds and creeping around in corridors so that they don’t wake the little buggers up (nobody wants to be adored at 11pm at night, let’s face it).
One bit that did make me laugh, though, was the tick box on the bottom of the form:
”In the unlikely event that your child becomes ill during the trip, do you give permission for staff to administer:
Paracetamol
Ibuprofen (if so, adult or junior)
Travel sickness tablets
Plasters…”
Bearing in mind that he’s a 5’10 strapping 17 year old, I couldn’t resist. I ticked yes to all, but added:
‘and if he gets an ouchy he’ll need a cuddle‘.
14 Responses to “The School Trip: no booze, no snogging, and dealing with adoring ten year olds”
Possible hazards:
Cars lol
Falling off pavement
Tripping when getting back on pavement
Bite from passing dog, cat, pensioner etc
Slipped disc when picking up dropped pencil
Splinter from broken pencil
Etc etc
Bureaucracy has gone mad. they will already be making a list of possible staff for the ‘Ouchy’ incident, believe me!
So, brotherliness and wandering about in groups discussing the Economy is out, yes?
Would love your thoughts on my post on Having it all today – think not in my case!! Lx