the red pen is out

I am grading my 9th grader's final exam essays with the topic " a memorable vacation." 

If I were in 9th grade, it would be like camping at Lake George, or Cape May N.J. or camping at Smith Point beach 10 minutes from my house or maybe Hershey Pennsylvania. 

These kids get to write about Italy, Greece, Egypt, Germany, England, Spain....etc.  You get the point.  I waited out my entire childhood and college career, only visiting the East Coast of my own country, until I could get out of the U.S. and go explore different cultures.  These kids are just traipsing over Europe, checking out Gaudi in Barcelona, German Countryside and eating enough Italian gelato that they get brain freeze.

And they are all 15!  Lucky Europeans....