A MUM has been left raging after her daughter came home from school saying she wanted to go on a trip to Ecuador - which would set them back £5,000. She explained in a video on her TikTok page that the state school had even shown the children a promo clip for the trip without even telling the parents first. And doing so just increased the amount of excitement the pupils - including her 14-year-old daughter - had about the trip, and therefore increased the amount of pressure on parents.

"My 14 year old - she would be just 16 by the time this trip takes place," the mum said in her video. "And her school felt it necessary to have a meeting about this trip and tell them how amazing it has been, when they've done it in previous years and how if your parents can't afford it then you can fundraise. "You can set up little small business enterprise and raise the money yourself. "Five grand in a year and a half?".

She insisted she was "absolutely flabbergasted" at how the school had presented the trip to the students. "My daughter got in the car last week and said, 'Mum, I want to go to Ecuador'," she recalled. "'Ecuador? You've never mentioned Ecuador?'. "'Oh it's going to be amazing. We're going to go trekking, we're going to plant trees, we're going to paint schools'.". The mum-of-three added that she doesn't doubt it would be a "fabulous opportunity for those that can afford it", but worried she's being the "a**ehole" for saying she doesn't think her daughter should go.

In addition, the trip is for a month. "The longest she's ever been away from me is two weeks and she was on holiday with her dad and I spoke to her pretty much every day and I was getting pictures and videos of what she was up to," she continued. "This is a month in a rainforest!. "It's a 17 hour flight. "They did have a Paris trip planned for French art... going to the Louvre and they were doing some sightseeing and that was £600 for five days.

"And me and her dad, we agreed we were going to do half each. £300 for a school trip for five days, I didn't think that was bad. "They cancelled that. "Since then they've put on a skiing trip which was thousands of pounds but luckily she can't ski and she's got no intention of going on that. "But they have really sold this Ecuador trip to these kids.". "Please give me your opinions, I would love to know what your opinion is on if they've gone about this the right way," she concluded.

"Should I be saying something to the school about how they've got all the children's hopes up?". People were quick to comment on the video, with many agreeing that the school had gone about things the wrong way. I have no problem saying 'no' but it just makes the parents out to be a**eholes. "Definitely should have spoken to parents first," one wrote. "That's a disgrace, talk about putting pressure on parents!" another agreed.

"And what trip, costing £5000, is beneficial to their education?" a thid questioned. "Schools should not put financial pressure on parents. "Are the teachers paying £5k each to go?". "Yet if I wanted to take my kid on the same trip and itinerary for a month during term time then I would be fined," someone else pointed out. "I’m a teacher of 30 years and that price is utterly disgusting, especially in the current economic environment," another commented.

"Well said!". "Just say no," someone else suggested. To which the mum replied: "They haven’t made it easy to do that with how they have sold it to the kids. "I don’t have a problem saying no, it just makes the parents out to be a**eholes.". However, others urged her to consider sending her daughter on the trip. "Both my daughters came home from school wanting to go to Cambodia for £9,500 - same kind of trip," one wrote.