...and in regards to
Curfews we usually have a curfew between 10 and 11pm, where Mrs. P walks around and does room checks to make sure no one is where they shouldn't be. we're more than welcome to stay up past curfew, but we've got to stay in our rooms. generally though, by that time of night on Friday and Saturday, we're exhausted and we end up getting mad at Mrs. P for waking us up for room checks.
oh, how could i have forgotten to mention this!!!!!! -shame on me- when we went to New York last year, we got
boxing gloves, and there were several little matches between people... it was quite amusing to see students vs. mentors in a "clean" boxing match... i think we even brought them to atlanta last year too, but i dont really rememember them so much as i remember that we had two of our students bring their
fencing gear to the Omni! they actually fenced in the lobby, and the security guards came around and didnt even say anything, they were enjoying watching the boys spar as much as we were!
(we actually brought a pair of bokken too... but unless you know what you're doing those have alittle more liability attached to them so we didnt really use them that often... but in one of the hallways in the Omni was where i was first taught how to fence! good thing fencing is a linear sport, or else theres no way we would have had enough room...) Hotel security didnt seem to mind, which is good, and no one got hurt, which is even better!