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TAS2000
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What is with the idea that we simply must send students on retreats? Was this a practice years ago or was it something that started in the 60’s? It just seems to me that we can’t possibly have a “complete” student program these days unless we require the parents to send these kids out of town for a few days. I personally hate when the regular schools do this for extra curricular groups as well. It really puts a burden on parents who don’t have a lot of money, or who really don’t want to send their kids in large groups overnight (or over several nights). When kids are exposed to so many bad influences these days is this really the great idea the program directors think it is? At home, I would be very choosey about letting my daughter stay overnight at other kid’s homes. Yet, we are supposed to send entire classes of kids with a few chaperones out of town in the interest of them having an “experience”? If it is just to make things “fun”, can’t they do something like a day trip? And the worst are the “fund raisers” to send the kids away. Don’t even get me started! What does everyone else think?