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PennQuaker09 · 11-03-2007, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SageMother

I remember a summer or two ago a girl was in Aruba and disappeared. She was there with her high school class and it was part of their graduation gift..like "The Senior Trip".

I am not the sort to allow my kids to go out of the country with a group, unless they are over 21. Would you allow your son or daughter to make this type of trip at the age those students did?

Natalee Holloway is her name. I used to actually live close to her, but we moved to Hoover. Her family lives in Mountain Brook.

It's actually very common for people in Hoover/Mountain Brook/Vestavia Hills to allow their kids to go on the senior trip. Personally, and I know this is disrespectful, but I think she made a really stupid decision. And her friends should have intervened.

My senior trip was to Cabo San Lucas. The whole point is to have fun without adults. A lot do drink, but I can't say that's a bad thing. If a kid is determined to do something, they are going to do it regardless. I was by no means a troublesome teenager, but like my dad had some stupid rules. All of my rules had to do with boys

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In the end I think it comes down to choices. She made a bad one and anyone whether they be 18 or 25 could have made the same one.

Kaytee · 11-03-2007, 08:09 AM

True, i still would never pay to send my senior out of the country, unless they were backpacking through Europe or something like that.

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