# What's the worst field trip you ever went on in school?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 21, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-field-trip-you-ever-went-on-in-school/949285 "2021-08-21T21:21:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![pgcotype](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pgcotype/32/8743_2.png) [@pgcotype](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pgcotype)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-field-trip-you-ever-went-on-in-school/949285/81 "2021-09-25T18:41:56Z")

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I had a similar experience. In 6th grade, we went on a class trip to the battlefield at Antietam…with no previous instruction on _why_ it was so significant. There were sixty 11 and 12 year olds walking around a field with no real context and no tour guide. I went back a couple of years ago, and it was fascinating!

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-field-trip-you-ever-went-on-in-school/949285/82 "2021-09-25T23:27:16Z")

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While this doesn’t depict a school field trip, it did get the Rifftrax treatment.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EagPzmaVc38/hqdefault.jpg "RiffTrax: This is Hormel (Full FREE Short)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EagPzmaVc38)

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