Agreed, any schooling is better than hanging out. I’m glad xsbaby is opting out and not just following the crowd. I see no reason for teambuilding nonsense either. It’s a small enough school where they probably all know each other anyway. It would make more sense for a really big school to break kids into smaller groups and make them feel like they belong, the way big churches do.
exactly, this will be the fourth consecutive year of her not going, and precisely because, as you said, they all know each other anyway. it’s an expensive boondoggle, which we are paying for in the exorbitant tuition, whether she goes or not. There will be a senior trip which i am fairly certain that she will want to do, late in the year. Most of the private schools down here do this teambuilding horsecrap and i just do not see the need for it.