# 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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**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-field-trip-you-ever-went-on-in-school/949285/76 "2021-08-28T14:39:56Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> There was the time we went to the courthouse and watched a trial. Some goofy kid from another school kept bothering the court reporter.

I read that thread.

> [@Why Was the Court Reporter Looking At Me (on My Field Trip)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-court-reporter-looking-at-me-on-my-field-trip/949110):
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> And I have to ask you, whom else than my fellow board members to answer this question? Because it has vexed me for years. It also might be a good question for a lawyer, especially one who has been to court a time or two. Anyways, in Fall of 1981, I was just starting my eighth grade. And we took a field trip to the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in downtown Detroit. Now just to repeat, it was a field trip. And I was only 13 years old too. Yeah, it was an interesting experience. But at one point w…

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