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My TA will be whisked off on a school trip in November, as an extra adult to go along with the Year 5 & 6 kids, with our Canadian TallBlondNot!RodneyMcKay guy and the Annoying Guy. Apparently last year they went to the jungle, hiking. This year they're going up to Chang Mai, which is Thailand's other big city (although wee compared to Bangkok, natch).
Jungle.
One of the parents whose child went on the trip last year is very ... reluctant... to let their son go on the trip. Apparently she's been coming in complaining about it every day, even though her husband's okayed it.
Apparently her son, last year, returned from the jungle trip with a leech in his underpants.
(I translate for the USAians, lest anyone assume that by pants I mean trousers).
In his PANTS.
A LEECH.
She brought said underwear into school, still stained, and waved it at the headmistress. Apparently.
A leech. In his pants.
shakes head.
...back in the UK, I feel reasonably sure that returning from the class trip with a leech in your underwear is not an everyday occurance.
Year 3 are off on a 3 day boat trip, but parents are worrying about safety because of the floods. Year 4 went to a Snake Farm.
...I'm thinking Starbucks would be a great place to take Year 2 for a class trip. Or, you know, maybe the cinema. Yeah. Something sans bloodthirsty death. Call me crazy.
A leech. In his pants.