Our final backpacking meeting was today. Five kids were absent, none from school, just the meeting. Five girls said they have a track meet on Wednesday, two want to go to NYSSMA on Friday night, another will receive an art award on Thursday in Buffalo. Only four student leaders came to the meeting and now they don't have the necessary information for Wednesday's departure. We haven't heard from the tennis players, the dance moms or the softball team. I'm sure this is just the beginning of the requests for accommodations because of course, these events just pop up at the last minute. They want to do it all and don't want to make choices. Commitment, where is the commitment? We told them, you only have one chance to do Quest with your class. NYSSMA and track meets will come again.
It's hard to convey to them what they will miss. They loved the first two hikes, but they have no idea how many more experiences they will have on the four day.
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