my 12 year old got an unwelcome lesson in how current events affect her

[Briar Rose 7457]

dd is going to a travel camp this summer. each week the kids will head out to another adventure -- Hershey Park, Williamburg/Busch Gardens, Massachusetts, etc. The last trip of the summer was supposed to be Niagara Falls and Toronto.

yesterday we got a letter from the camp. they're doing an Adirondack adventure with a side trip to Lake George instead.

 

[grinningghost]

I know how you feel. My DD's school trip to Quebec was canceled too. I sure wish they would get a grip on this SARS thing.

 

[Towncrier]

My 15yo DS James knows your 12yo's frustration. The high school band was supposed to go to NYC to perform in a band competition. When the first "Orange" alert happened, our school board decided to cancel all out-of-state field trips until further notice. I posted this some time ago and I remember the comments from the DISers in the NYC area who asked if they were "bad parents" because they didn't move away from an obvious terrorist target. Between terrorist alerts and SARS, I shudder to think what life is going to be like for these kids. We can't shelter them forever, or they will turn out like a bunch of scared sheep.

I'm sorry that your DD is going to miss the opportunity to go to Toronto and Niagara Falls. And I'm sorry that the kids of our country have to be ruled by a bunch of "concerned" adults who seem to think that burying one's head in the ground is safer than going on with life.

Just to clarify. If a parent thinks that their child should not go to Toronto, NYC, or anywhere else, I fully support their right to make that decision. I just don't like having someone cram their decisions about what is right and wrong for my child down my throat.

 

[Nancy]

The schools here cancelled a lot of trips right after 9/11...we couldn't even go over the border into Canada for a day trip.

We'll be going to NYC this summer. The dance competition will go on even if we are in orange alert. BUT if it went to red I might be keeping my girls home!

 

[fklhou]

My DS had a governors meeting for JSA in San Fransico last weekend. He had to go through the hightened security. He was hoping that wearing one of eagle scout class b shirts may help him but security made him take off his shoes anyway.

He also has a scholarship to go to Israel that he recieved two years ago. For some funny reason, he has not used this scholarship yet.