Personal Narrative: Camp Deerhorn

Though I love everything that I do, My favorite thing I do is work up at an all boys camp in Rhinelander, Wisconsin called Camp Deerhorn. Every year that I travel up to camp, I look forward to meeting new people and forming some new friendships. In my room I have a plaque that reads “Camp Deerhorn Creed.” It was written by the founder of Camp Deerhorn, Dr. Don C. Broadbridge in 1930, and it lists out 13 of the most essential and important ways on how to act in order to become a gentleman. My two personal favorites are “Too spread sunshine and good cheer, just for the fun of it.” and “to be a ‘regular fellow,’ a pal to other campers, a friend in manner and deed, a booster rather than a knocker, an optimist rather than a pessimist, and a gentleman …show more content…
A little background: The oldest you can be as a camper is 15 years old. but the thing is that their can only be four 15 year olds and they are the leaders of the four camp teams: Iroquois, Navajo, Chippewa, and Apache. These 15 year olds are in charge of “drafting” the camp kids throughout the summer onto their respected team to compete in competitions and races for points to “win” the summer. This is a huge honor and responsibility. I was one of twenty eight or so 15 year olds trying to become a camp leader the following summer. I had been going to camp for 10 years before and had a great relationship with younger camper along with camp counselors and camp directors. I believed that I had a very strong chance to become a camp leader, but when I got the Email from the directors during the winter saying I had not been chosen, I was crushed. It was tough to be let very down when I believed I had a great chance. After the week passed I realized that I had to get passed this. Another line in the creed is “to be kind, because manliness requires kindness.” I congratulated four of my best friend who had been chosen and finally let my sadness become happiness for the others. I learned that you can make a good situation out of anything. To always look on the Bright side of life, and to be kind, because manliness requires …show more content…
This is 100 percent false. I spend almost everyday after school working on my homework and reviewing all the material we went over in class. My grades aren't the best and I feel like they don't reflect on the effort I put into everything. Sometimes my friends will make fun of me for having a C in a class but it motivates me to bring that up. It’s Hard seeing my grades not moving up since freshman year even though I have put in all my effort throughout my three years at GBN. Looking at Naviance the past couple of months and looking at what I would theoretically need to have to get accepted is kind of rough because of my poor grades. It once again makes me work even harder and take less breaks while studying. I would like to help the incoming freshman realize that every year counts and will help them get into their dream