{"id":348,"date":"2009-02-16T22:53:33","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T03:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=348"},"modified":"2020-07-25T19:00:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T00:00:17","slug":"even-budget-cuts-cant-prevent-stupid-field-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=348","title":{"rendered":"Even Budget Cuts Can&#8217;t Prevent Stupid Field Trips!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to NY Teacher for the blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/teachinginnyc.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/field-trips-good-and-bad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Field Trips &#8211; Good and Bad<\/a>. The blog reminds us how educational (and cost-effective) field trips can be as rich educational experiences. He also shares the tale of a colleague&#8217;s shockingly awful field trip by way of comparison.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written about how my <a title=\"Coming to a Classroom Near You!\" href=\"http:\/\/stager.org\/articles\/comingtoaclassroom.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">daughter watched 47 Disney films<\/a> during one school year and about the <a title=\"Enrichment Programs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.districtadministration.com\/VIEWARTICLE.ASPX?ARTICLEID=1659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">abuse of school enrichment programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not yet outraged, check out this <a title=\"Outrageous permission slip\" href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bedtime-stories-permission-slip.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scanned permission slip<\/a> for a truly ridiculous field trip from the remarkable Vernon, NJ Public Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to share your field trip horror stories in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to NY Teacher for the blog, Field Trips &#8211; Good and Bad. 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