Field Trip

Anything can happen when school teachers take children on a field trip. Life sometimes feels like a field trip, but fortunately, we have Someone who watches over us.

Mrs. Morgan (not her real name) is on a field trip with 45 third-grade students. They’re going into the big city for a “Day in the City” experience. They’re going to the downtown mall. They will walk to the art museum. They will ride the light rail. They will walk on sidewalks and obey traffic signs. They will have a buddy at all times. What could possibly go wrong?

Fortunately, she is not alone. Another teacher is with her, as well as one teacher’s aide and two parents. But Mrs. Morgan is not happy.

See Mrs. Morgan run. See Mrs. Morgan tapping on her cell phone. See her talking to the policeman. See Mrs. Morgan’s vision of losing her job. What’s wrong?

Could be any number of things. Perhaps little Rosie upchucked on the bus as they drove down some winding roads from the foothills. Could be that little Junior’s sack lunch went missing. Maybe Moira and Ruby had a bathroom emergency. But the truth is, it’s worse.

A child is...