Topic: School Trips

The hosts discuss the social aspects of homeschooling, including organized field trips to farms and dairies. This leads to a brief mention of a recent school shooting in Michigan and the rare occurrence of such violence within the homeschooling community.

A local news story about a student left behind at a "Waterworld" water park during a school field trip features a principal using the term "body count" to describe the attendance check. The hosts find the use of military-style terminology in a school setting to be a notable cultural shift. The student eventually had to call his mother for a ride after the buses departed without him.

Schoolchildren across America expressed frustration after their long-planned trips to the White House were canceled due to sequestration budget cuts. CNN reported on students who had raised hundreds of dollars for the visits. The timing of these cancellations is criticized in light of the President's international travel and high-profile meetings in Israel.