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Even though you sound a teeny bit paranoid and crazy about this, OP, and I hate to reinforce that, it's true that some field trips are not well organized.

I was once a chaperone to ten 6th graders for a nightmare field trip to a Smithsonian museum. The school staff had never tried that particular field trip before, the museum was PACKED with field trippers that day (Spring Break - poor planning!) and the 6th graders had a very bad attitude. I had the hardest time keeping them together as a group.

Here's what I did: I took individual photos of every single one (that I deleted later) because I didn't know any of them except my own kid, and counted them obsessively every 5 minutes! My nerves were shredded by the end of the day.

I have also been on easier field trips that were supremely well organized - and those were in elementary school, with all the grade teachers and aides who go to the same locations every single year and know exactly what to expect, what kind of crowds there will be, where the problem spots are, if any, and how to keep kids in line.

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