galateasca
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Again, school trips were so different in the 1970s. I remember riding in parent's cars to field trips and even being allowed to go on a field trip with my cousin when I was visiting her school- no permission slip required. In 1980, I went on a field trip with my friend's class, in Virginia, with a school where not only was I NOT a student, but I didn't even live in the same state. All that was required was that her mom wrote a note to the teacher saying that I was staying with them. The teacher didn't even know my name. This was a middle school picnic, last day of school trip. Things were very different.
I say that because it doesn't surprise me that there were no permission slips signed. It does boggle me that the trip was spur of the moment and that kids weren't even dressed for conditions....and also, that other parents didn't seem to complain after the fact. Today the teachers would have been disciplined by the county and probably fired.
I say that because it doesn't surprise me that there were no permission slips signed. It does boggle me that the trip was spur of the moment and that kids weren't even dressed for conditions....and also, that other parents didn't seem to complain after the fact. Today the teachers would have been disciplined by the county and probably fired.