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If you have spent anytime around a group of young schoolkids then you know that when unleashed from the confines of their desks the situation pretty much turns into a scene from a prison riot.
I once had lunch with my son while he was in second grade in the school cafeteria and after only a few minutes there I was sure that at some point I was going to get shanked.
So volunteering to help chaperone a group of 60 kids on a school trip to a museum sounds like a truly harrowing experience to me.
Turns out I was right in thinking that because one poor dad, Simon Smith, did in fact sign up for such a duty for a group of young students, and he live-tweeted the entire day which he referred to at one point as “absolute carnage.”
“I’ve got a treat for you tomorrow. I’m live tweeting adulting on a School Trip to the Science Museum. Coach Trip. 60 Year 5’s,” Smith wrote the day before embarking on his journey.
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998310099616718849
Oh, it was definitely a treat for us. For him, not so much. Some highlights…
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998470432176123904
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998470668500029447
Right.
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998472868160856064
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998475776063365120
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998477535859093504
See?
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998478484996435968
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998479854625533952
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998483657798103041
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998489932481073153
This is 100 percent true.
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998491943003918337
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998492204455874561
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998492423721488386
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998496184149991424
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998496845847461889
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998505749738336256
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998513033725886465
Finally.
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998514198396243968
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998514541280550912
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998516428130091010
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998519078410248192
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998534672614379520
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998536860107407360
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998546824150573056
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998549507913723905
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998549732824936448
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998561777934913537
Yes, they all deserve raises.
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998563486681784320
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998570631405989888
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998571942834733058
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998572076092051456
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998574058332676096
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998585739813294081
https://twitter.com/simonfromharlow/status/998624807267815425
For the entire story, of which there is a LOT more, check out his Twitter account here.