Just warm bodies

"D1 (college freshman) went on Rustic Pathways to Fiji last year; she was very disappointed with the behavior of the staff (and felt that they were wayyyy too young)...said that some of her "supervisory staff" didn't know what was going on day to day..... If your kids are really interested in these programs, find out who their "counselors" are going to be....and make sure it's not just "warm bodies" that they could find who were interested in travelling for the summer.... we were very thankful that our daughter was 18 and that stuff doesn't really bother her, but she really felt like she was on her own.....wouldn't send another kid though......"  - posted by user Rodney on college confidential, here.