I'm a good deal younger than you- when I was in elementary school, if we had a field trip to the fucking park across the street, parental signatures were required. I believe the rule was: Parents must approve of and know of the whereabouts of their children if they leave the school grounds. I remember going to museums, a zoo, a farm, a whole bunch of places- always needed a permission slip (that's what they were called) signed by a parent, turned in at least a few days before the trip. This story is absolutely fucking insane. Let's ignore the fact that it was a fag bar they were taken to- **this teacher essentially KIDNAPPED the entire class.** If a parent suddenly needed to get their child, showed up at the school and asked for them... "Oh sorry Mr. Parent, your son is on a field trip to Cocksucker Alley." When you drop your kid off at school, you're supposed to be assured that they'll be there until a designated time. But now teachers are trying to be the parents of their goddamned classroom....