SINGAPORE - When I was a Geography teacher in a secondary school, I used to organise overseas field trips. I was passionate about these trips as they provided students with the chance to appreciate life and culture in another country and to mix with peers from different backgrounds.
I was disappointed several years ago when a father pulled his son out of a field trip because the teen was supposed to share a room with another student of a different race.
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