5 February 2012, 10:00 am
Ok so every year at school we get this little booklet with school trips in it, and it says on the first page that every student should participate in one of the trips (the booklet is called CAS Activity Days) and there is a camping trip which I would love to go to, I've ALWAYS wanted to go camping especially with my friends and my family hates camping so we never go, anyways, all my friends said they're going and that their parents will pay for them, the trip costs £215. I know that's a lot BUT, we get to camp in their tents for 3 or 4 nights, we get supplied with food for free, we do all sorts of activities from rock climbing to canoeing and the journey there and back and loads more (It's in Wales, so It's 6 hours away from me!). And personally I think that the price to cover the whole trip including the food, activities, tents and etc isn't that high, but my parents being my parents wont let me go cause they said the price is too high, yeah I know it is a little high for some people but I said to my mum and dad that I'd do anything, ANYTHING to go, they still sad no, I started crying, they still said no, I cleaned their room, washed the dishes, cleaned the whole kitchen, they still said no! And yeah I know you guys are gonna say that I should start saving up, well the problem is I don't get pocket money, not even if I do extra house work or anything, and I'm 13, I just really badly wanna go to that trip, I need a way to convince my parents to pay for it OR I could earn money myself but.. How? If you guys know any good ways a 13 year old can earn money FAST then pleaseee please pleaseeeeeee tell me, I wanna go to that camping trip more than anything in this worldd!! Thanks for taking your time to read this, I really appreciate that ... Read More »