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<blockquote data-quote="mattsmom27" data-source="post: 38354" data-attributes="member: 50"><p>This kind of stuff drives me crazy. easy child's class seems to be the worst this year. It has gone on all year. Nothing too pricey but such consistent smaller amounts that all told I've spent a couple hundred dollars this school year for attending plays etc. We have not been told yet about end of year class trip which is usually around $50 plus send spending money for gift shops etc. So about $100 on average (meals additional out of spending money) for a grade 2 class trip. </p><p>difficult child, well his situation is a double edge sword. Keeps me from forking over hundreds more a year because he wont' participate in social outtings with school, not even electives like snow boarding, skiing etc. His school trip is to Niagara Falls for 3 days, I'm sure it's very expensive. I'd have paid it no problem but he has no interest. Had he participated in all school activities, his costs for social stuff at school would have ended with about $500 spent this school year. This is grade 8!</p><p>My neice is going into grade 10 next year. Her school trip? 2 weeks in Italy! Are you kidding me? It is nearly two thousand dollars a student, BEFORE spending money. Who sends their kid to a place like Italy without money to spend? I could never afford a trip like that. This isn't a special trip for those who want to go, it is the class trip for the year. I gaurantee only a blessed few will be able to afford it. If my kids encounter trips like this in high school I am going to be furious.</p><p></p><p>Melissa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mattsmom27, post: 38354, member: 50"] This kind of stuff drives me crazy. easy child's class seems to be the worst this year. It has gone on all year. Nothing too pricey but such consistent smaller amounts that all told I've spent a couple hundred dollars this school year for attending plays etc. We have not been told yet about end of year class trip which is usually around $50 plus send spending money for gift shops etc. So about $100 on average (meals additional out of spending money) for a grade 2 class trip. difficult child, well his situation is a double edge sword. Keeps me from forking over hundreds more a year because he wont' participate in social outtings with school, not even electives like snow boarding, skiing etc. His school trip is to Niagara Falls for 3 days, I'm sure it's very expensive. I'd have paid it no problem but he has no interest. Had he participated in all school activities, his costs for social stuff at school would have ended with about $500 spent this school year. This is grade 8! My neice is going into grade 10 next year. Her school trip? 2 weeks in Italy! Are you kidding me? It is nearly two thousand dollars a student, BEFORE spending money. Who sends their kid to a place like Italy without money to spend? I could never afford a trip like that. This isn't a special trip for those who want to go, it is the class trip for the year. I gaurantee only a blessed few will be able to afford it. If my kids encounter trips like this in high school I am going to be furious. Melissa [/QUOTE]
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