I mean do high schools organize international trips for students for whatever reasons? I think it was high school they were in. It just seems strange, because if this happens, how does it get funded? This seems a bit far out too me, especially to a beach resort. I have troubles seeing high school students being in a beach resort location for something school related.
shareI did a Habitat for Humanity trip for Spring Break in college, but it was within the US and I paid for it all myself. High school seems like a young age to take these kids on an international H4H type trip. They're at such a reckless age, especially for a tropical location. But the impression in the movie is that these kids, or rather their parents, paid for them to go on the trip.
shareI have not studied in US so perhaps it's different (but I doubt), but when I was in high school we had a one week French language class trip to Tunisia. The trip was all funded by the pupils who sold spices from hand to hand to support the trip and everything that was not funded by fund rising was funded by the pupils (usually the parents, though).
It was a joined trip with the French students from 2 different high schools from the same municipal.
I was under the impression that it's not that uncommon, although also not every French class did that every year.
It's not at all uncommon. My children went to private school in Connecticut and their class had fund raisers, and parents contributed.
Also, several years ago, there was a young lady, Natalee Holloway from Alabama, who went missing during an unofficial trip to Aruba with her classmates and several chaperones to celebrate graduation.
She failed to make the flight back to the U.S. and her packed luggage and passport were found in her hotel room.
It was reported that there was wild partying with lots of drinking. On two occasions Natalee didn't show up for breakfast due to excessive drinking. Natalie graduated with honors and had a full scholarship to the University of Alabama, where she planned to study medicine.
A local Joran Van der Sloot was arrested twice on suspicion of involvement in her disappearance, but was released due to lack of evidence.
Later a journalist had Van der Sloot on hidden camera, whilst under the influence of marijuana claimed he was with her when she accidentally died and his friend disposed of her body, which later he denied, but also said something about her being sold into slavery.
A horrifying ordeal for her family, to say the least. God bless you Natalee xo
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