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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The positives of a great international experience are obvious[/b]
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True, but I have to wonder whether 5th graders traveling as a group are going to have the kind of great international experience I would wish for my kids.

Our county (in a state over 500 miles away) organized a 5th-grade trip to...Washington, D.C. It was a fun experience, but so much of what we experienced had more to do with travel, period, and being with our peers for hours and hours, than with D.C. specifically. I remember that many kids bought whoopee cushions from the souvenir carts. I remember being excited to eat at a non-school cafeteria and getting to pick my own food. I remember the endless drama going on about who was rooming with whom. I don't really remember that much about D.C. from that trip, other than vague memories of being in front of the capital for a photo and being at the Smithsonian Museum of American History (and wondering where the chaperone for our little group had gone).

So, my questions would be, how great is the international trip going to be? And not just the list of things the kids are going to go see, but really, what are they going to get out of it? From my experience, I think a 5th grader could get a ton out of international travel with his or her family. But I have a hard time a school trip is going to be that productive. I'd really need to be sold on the benefits.[/quote]

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