20 School Trips Gone Horribly Wrong
These school trips did not go to plan. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most infamous educational excursions from around the world that made headlines as a result of accidents, controversy, or teachers’ bad decisions.
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00:00 your phony guns those clubs run children welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our
00:07 picks for the top 20 school trips gone wrong but the area they were walking through was filled with
00:13 buck naked grown men um fully exposed number 20 sunburn blisters in 2015 students of the
00:26 Buell Hill Visual Arts College in Salford England went on a school excursion to Spain during their
00:32 trip they visited a water park in Barcelona and they were reportedly instructed to apply
00:36 sunscreen beforehand anybody need sunblock got spf 30 but should have been a fun excursion
00:42 eventually took a blistering turn after a couple of the kids apparently disregarded these warnings
00:48 and suffered severe sunburns craig do you have some sunscreen relax sunburn is full of vitamin d
00:54 one student connor pritchard had to spend six weeks at the burns unit of royal manchester
01:00 children's hospital as a result pritchard's mother accused the teachers of total neglect
01:05 but the school argued that they had clearly instructed students to carry sunscreen
01:09 and even made parents sign an agreement acknowledging that number 19 child left behind
01:16 when organizing a school trip for kids maintaining a head count at every step is essential teachers
01:22 at broadstone middle school in pool england learned this the hard way during an excursion
01:27 to london in july 2023 after an event-filled day involving a river thames cruise a visit to
01:34 buckingham palace and a viewing of the musical wicked the pupils returned to their hotel around
01:39 11 p.m however a boy who had dozed off on the way was inadvertently left behind in the bus
01:45 and spent the night in the hotel car park where do you think you're going please can i just leave
01:53 i've been on this bus for 40 years not until you pay your fare he was only discovered the next
01:59 morning by the bus driver understandably the parents were outraged prompting the school
02:04 to apologize and launch an investigation into the incident number 18 lost in the mountains
02:12 venturing into the mountains with no map or compass often leads to one getting lost
02:17 as exemplified by this 2004 incident during a hike to the scottish highlands 39 students from
02:23 the beth jacobs seminary for girls in east london were led astray by an unprepared teacher the group
02:29 had reached the peak of a 2500 foot mountain only to be disoriented by descending mist the false
02:35 stench of death is upon us hamburger their teacher lacked any essential tools and even had to borrow
02:43 a student's phone to call for help shockingly rescuers discovered the students dressed in
02:48 skirts and trainers without any form of protective gear however none of them was injured when
02:54 interviewed later the rescue chief dubbed them the most ill-equipped group he had ever seen
02:59 number 17 sainsbury's inappropriate blunder when pupils of burton and primary in suffolk england
03:06 went on a trip to sainsbury's outlet they probably expected to bring back sweets instead they were
03:12 handed a book titled how to change the world for a fiver while this may have seemed like a great
03:17 way to promote a reading habit the book turned out to be wildly inappropriate for children it
03:22 contained among other things illicit illustrations as well as instructions on how to talk to
03:27 strangers and hand them your phone number after the mix-up came to light sainsbury's apologized
03:33 and issued one girl a 30 pound voucher to spend let's hope they also didn't mistakenly direct her
03:39 to the adult section of the store okay babe here's what i did tell me if this is appropriate for a
03:43 kid song i changed the lyrics in sex hair to yeah i got sex bears number 16 field trip to hooters
03:52 a group of eighth graders from burwick middle school in pennsylvania got a little more than
03:57 they bargained for while on a field trip to the national aquarium in baltimore i know just the
04:01 place when it was lunchtime the class of around 100 students had to be divided into smaller groups
04:10 and sent to different restaurants as a result one group of 15 to 20 students ended up dining
04:15 at a hooters the restaurant which has gained far more recognition for its attractive waitresses
04:20 than its food was more than happy to welcome the kids you put your friend's side out you put your
04:27 friend's side in and you shake it all about you do the hokey pokey although it seems none of their
04:32 parents was bothered by the provocative pit stop the school superintendent admitted that it was
04:37 probably not the most appropriate choice but i was only in there to get directions on how to get away
04:42 from there number 15 toxic waste site the ideal school trip balances fun and education hey they're
04:49 trying to learn for free get them in 2012 an excursion organized by the kettleman city elementary
04:56 school in california seemed to achieve this balance albeit with an added layer of a health
05:01 risk the trip saw 83 students from the fifth through eighth grades take a tour through the
05:06 kettleman hills hazardous waste facility to learn about better environmental practices however this
05:12 move didn't go down well with residents of the town who were still in conflict with the facility
05:17 over a spike in birth defects which they attributed to their landfills
05:20 the management defended the trip arguing that such visits were commonplace and that written
05:34 consent had been obtained from the children's parents number 14 kids at the adult store to
05:41 present her students with more practical lessons a sex education teacher at a minnesota school
05:47 decided to take them to an adult store starry hedges of gaya democratic school took around 12
05:52 students on the trip which was aimed at promoting healthy discussions about human sexual behavior
05:58 but it probably would have been a great idea to seek their parents permission first although hedges
06:03 claimed that nothing explicit was shown to the kids that did nothing to quell parents anger one
06:08 father whose daughters went on the trip was so enraged that he removed them from the school it
06:14 may not have been the best excursion idea but at least the kids learned a great lesson on consent
06:19 okay we'll get these kids out of here number 13 segregation at the movies you get us that mission
06:26 we will light up the board red tails is a 2012 war film about a group of african-american military
06:33 pilots who overcame racial discrimination during world war ii the film's themes were so inspirational
06:39 that a school district in dallas texas organized a field trip for students to see it at the cinema
06:44 however the administrators decided to take only their male students and leave the girls behind
06:49 their reason there wasn't enough space for everyone and they thought the girls may not
06:54 appreciate the war film in total 5 000 boys went to the movies while the female students stayed
07:00 back and watched akila and the b the move drew intense backlash with many calling out the school
07:06 for reinforcing stereotypes and discriminating against the female students number 12 cheaper by
07:12 the septet what do you expect when you're expecting your child back home from a school trip certainly
07:18 not a grandchild what the hell that was however the reality for seven sets of parents from the
07:25 bosnian town of banja luka whose daughters embarked on a five-day school trip to sarajevo
07:30 the capital city the class of 28 girls had gone on an educational tour of museums and other historic
07:36 sites by the time they returned home seven of them were pregnant the incident drew national
07:41 attention in bosnia which had seen a dramatic increase in teenage pregnancies
07:46 i wanted to finish school so i could find myself after the war there were no opportunities
07:51 to make it possible for me to understandably the girl's parents were furious over the seeming lack
07:58 of teacher supervision however one government official believed that the blame should in fact
08:04 lie with the parents number 11 cub scouts hike leads to nude beach in january 2015 a group of
08:12 cub scouts went on a hike through tori pine state park in san diego california the group consisted
08:18 of about a half a dozen kids their parents and the pack leader desmond wheatley and this isn't
08:23 exactly a beach you can just wander on to you have to hike down there uh the sunbather said that they
08:28 weren't walking by the water they were walking by the cliffs all was well until wheatley led the pack
08:33 through blacks beach which is typically populated with beachgoers who prefer to keep things natural
08:39 as a result the kids encountered dozens and dozens of nude people and a friend came jogging over and
08:44 said you won't believe what i just saw he said there's a pack of boy scouts walking this way
08:51 they could have turned back but then they'll just be walking through the same wave of naked bodies
08:56 they say some sites cannot be unseen but for the sake of these children we hope this is not one of
09:02 them i love my eyes my eyes ah number 10 in the trunk for walmart's sometimes hunger can lead to
09:11 questionable decisions in 2014 middle school teacher heather kegel decided to take 11 of her
09:17 students on a snack run to walmart without asking permission from their parents or seemingly
09:22 considering the risks she was putting them in the teacher had her students pile into a honda accord
09:27 with two in the front seat seven students crammed into the back seat and two riding in the trunk
09:32 let's get out of here after parents heard about the unapproved trip and the two additional students
09:38 she left behind at the school kegel was eventually fired after a hearing maybe she should just order
09:44 pizza next time and be my guest help yourselves get a good one number nine hiking fall aside from
09:53 appearing in the cult classic show twin peaks mount sai is a popular destination for hiking
09:58 and field trips in 2016 two students were enjoying a hike with their cross-country team when they
10:04 split from the main group one of the students fell 90 feet down the mountain resulting in serious head
10:10 injuries rescue crews were able to save the stranded student and airlift him to get medical
10:21 attention unfortunately the student regained consciousness on the helicopter ride to the
10:26 hospital if they learned anything that day it was to stick to the main trail and to stay with
10:31 the rest of the group number eight robbery in the red light district the craziest things you might
10:42 expect to happen on a physics field trip is that a student makes some sort of scientific breakthrough
10:47 but while visiting the city of geneva in switzerland in 2005 two students decided to
10:52 leave their hotel and research the local nightlife over the course of the night they got drunk and
10:57 one student got his money stolen from a worker at a nightclub after their wild experiment was
11:02 discovered the next morning swiss police were informed but decided not to press charges the
11:07 students were sent home early from the trip and luckily did not have to experience any further
11:12 mishaps from their misbehavior number seven the most wanted donald vassar say yes if you are a
11:19 college graduate yes or a serial killer what no pop quiz if you're a fugitive with more than 20 arrests
11:27 under your belt for crimes like burglary harassment and assaulting an officer would you think it's
11:31 all right for you to chaperone a school field trip if you answered yes you may be donald vassar
11:38 in 2011 despite being featured on the tv show washington's most wanted vassar decided to provide
11:44 assistance on his daughter's elementary school field trip eventually he was recognized and
11:48 reported to police from whom he escaped after a short altercation vassar would turn himself in
11:54 later that day although he failed to stay hidden the biggest failure in this story is whoever
11:59 conducted his background check i'm mr bradstone i'm the chaperone number six preteen childbirth
12:09 oh my god honey didn't mention that you were expecting in 2011 a 12 year old girl from the
12:18 netherlands was out on a school field trip when she started reporting serious stomach pain her
12:23 teachers rushed to her aid and called an ambulance with the staff realizing that she was actually
12:28 in labor since there wasn't enough time to get the girl to the hospital the student ended up giving
12:32 birth in a building close by the baby was born healthy and local social services staff was called
12:42 in to take care of the infant and to investigate how the pregnancy occurred in the first place
12:47 number five after school exposure and i'm sure we will reflect and use our continuous growth model
12:56 garrett stark was a part-time employee with the summer adventure day camp in rogersville missouri
13:02 which is an after-school and summer program of logan rogersville school district in 2016 he faced
13:08 charges of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior with a minor after two of his students
13:13 reported that he had exposed himself to them the incident reportedly occurred while they were on
13:17 the bus returning from a trip to the zoo one of the students also claimed that a similar incident
13:22 had happened prior to the events in question stark would later admit that he had exposed himself but
13:27 denied the charges related to inappropriate behavior after an investigation stark was
13:33 arrested and later fired number four hotel room sex tape what are you a freshman in college no no no
13:41 there are those adults who are a little too casual with the rules and then there's teacher
13:46 michael clarkson while on a school trip to portugal in 2016 clarkson allowed his students
13:52 to stay up past curfew and drink alcohol if that wasn't enough when one of his male students returned
13:57 to have sex with a woman clarkson allowed them the use of his hotel room during the course of
14:02 the night the student discovered he was being secretly filmed by reviewing the videotape it
14:06 was clear that clarkson was the one who set it up after school officials heard what had happened
14:12 there was a hearing that led to clarkson being fired and banned from teaching for four years
14:18 number three csi fort lauderdale
14:21 ever wondered what it would be like to be on csi or one of its many spin-offs a florida high school
14:32 summer criminology class got their chance back in 2006 their teacher sue messenger had set up a mock
14:40 crime scene with fake evidence and so on in a park while looking around a student noticed a hand
14:46 clutching a fence upon taking a closer look the students realized the hand belonged to an actual
14:51 corpse the kid wasn't sick the kid wasn't sleeping the kid was dead after their teacher confirmed it
15:00 wasn't part of her lesson the police were called to investigate it was later determined that the
15:04 man died of natural causes with the students getting a firsthand if somewhat ironic experience
15:11 of a real crime scene number two underground railroad reenactment you know they spent three
15:17 days having fun before they even brought the kids um to the to the field to do the experiment in
15:23 2012 while on a trip to nature's classroom in massachusetts a seventh grade class from
15:29 hartford connecticut learned about the underground railroad by reliving it in real time during the
15:34 field trip students reportedly were forced to pretend to pick cotton stuffed into a dark space
15:39 as if they were on slave ships and to hide from the instructors who were acting as slave masters
15:44 and were allegedly called racial slurs after the trip the parents of an african-american student
15:50 that attended filed a complaint with the school board the director of the nature's classroom
15:54 defended the activity but said that changes to the program would be made how dare you
16:00 do that say that to my child and call it educational experience before we continue be
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16:18 number one brain at the morgue you know they knew jesse just knew them and they're looking at his
16:26 brain and it's looking back at them so this got back to you yes it did two months after fellow
16:33 student jess shipley died in a car crash students of a staten island forensics club took a field
16:38 trip to a morgue in march 2005 during the visit the students were shown the brains of deceased
16:44 people in jars they soon noticed that one of them was labeled with the name of their recently
16:49 deceased classmate after the brain was confirmed to be his the parents of the deceased students
16:54 sued the city and the organ was returned to the family they reburied it with their son to gain
16:59 closure and to ensure that no student ever has to have a field trip go as badly as this one what's
17:06 the worst school trip you've ever been on narrate your experience in the comments below he said
17:12 there's a pack of boy scouts walking this way
17:27 so you