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dd1 was taken to a cemetery by the school today, and saw a dead person

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Nightynight · 22/03/2007 21:06

I probably wouldnt mind if it was one of my sons, but dd has recently been through a phase of being v scared of death/dead people. She was fairly upset.

why do the school think its ok to take the children out of the blue? I am pretty cross, but there is no point complaining, it is a bavarian school so the only answer they know is "we know best what is good for your child"

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southeastastra · 22/03/2007 21:06

omg how old is she!!

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CountTo10 · 22/03/2007 21:06

sorry why did they go to a cemetary?

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Spagblog · 22/03/2007 21:07

Saw a dead person?

How old is she, and how is she feeling now?

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Hulababy · 22/03/2007 21:07

How did they manage to see a dead person? Was there no warning about this trip and what they would see? How old is DD?

Seems a very odd school trip.

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zephyrcat · 22/03/2007 21:07

How old is she?



How did she see a dead person?

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malaleche · 22/03/2007 21:08

are there any sensible conversations on here at all tonight?

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TrinityRhino · 22/03/2007 21:08

what !?

why did they go to a cemetary and what the hell are they doing shwing her adead person without your consent!!

how old is she?

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MamaMaiasaura · 22/03/2007 21:08

do you mean she saw a coffin? or a corpse? How can you see a corpse in a cemetary surely they are all in coffins?

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madmarchhare · 22/03/2007 21:08

er, how? what? where? when?

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TrinityRhino · 22/03/2007 21:09

Hmm
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Whizzz · 22/03/2007 21:09

Surely dead people aren't just lying around the cemetry???? (sorry no pun intended)

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DeviousDaffodil · 22/03/2007 21:09

How can you see a dead person in the cemetry tehy are buried?!

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Nightynight · 22/03/2007 21:09

She is 10. There was no warning. There was a funeral on, and the coffin was opened, apparently.

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morningpaper · 22/03/2007 21:09

What religion in this?

I hope they didn't go to McDonald's on the way home

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Hathor · 22/03/2007 21:09

Blimey, beats going to MacDonalds twice in one trip (yesterdays horror trip)
Hope she's OK.

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Nightynight · 22/03/2007 21:10

sorry, I dont get some of these comments. do you think I am making this up?

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zephyrcat · 22/03/2007 21:10

Shock
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malaleche · 22/03/2007 21:10

Ah, here it is:
Chat : SURREAL THREAD

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Spagblog · 22/03/2007 21:10

I thought originally that she "saw a dead person" in a sixth sense sort of way.

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Twiglett · 22/03/2007 21:10

an open coffin IN a graveyard

don't be daft

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Hulababy · 22/03/2007 21:10

I wouldn't be happy about all this to be honest.

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TrinityRhino · 22/03/2007 21:11

is she ok?

why did they go there and I thought schools HAD to tell parents about trips out of school

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MamaMaiasaura · 22/03/2007 21:11

why was coffin opened? dont they nail it shut? sorry but am lol at this. lol

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Milliways · 22/03/2007 21:12

We live next to a cemetary, and DS used to comment on the "fat ones in there" where there was a new grave with the soil heaped up!!

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Nightynight · 22/03/2007 21:12

sorry posts xed.
it was the evangelical religion class.

interesting that others apparently find this disturbing as well, I vented to one German person and was more or less told that death is natural and to get over it.

I think it isnt helpful for dd to see the body of someone that she has never met. It makes the death at once less meaningful and more scary.

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