Since the Today show had a story on this, let me also add, if you’re a parent and your underage daughter wants to go on a Spring break cruise with her friends, the answer is no.
Yes, she may take a hit in the social order, but please understand, girls that age go on Spring break cruises to drink and have sex. Keep in mind not very many BOYS that age go on cruises.
Every cruise I’ve been around spring break time has been filled with teenage girls who get one chaperone for about ten of them. Every last one of them spent every night drunk, hitting on older men all over the ship.
If it’s a school trip, that’s different.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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