Personal Narrative: My Growth As A Camp Counselor

Being a leader is not something people would have described me to be, at least not until I became a camp counselor in the 11th grade. However, I was not alone through this leadership, I had a partner by my side. With this partner our traits and skills as leaders exemplified through our collaboration, and the result of it, was a memorable and beneficial moment for myself and the children we were held in charge of. Through this ordeal, I can say I have grown as a leader. As a camp counselor for adolescent, twelve-year old elementary school students; my partner and I had the responsibility to supervise these children, and ensure their wellbeing. Children within this age presented small issues pertaining to their extreme amount of energy, and the occasional homesick feeling. A great deal of leadership characteristics went into making these negatives into positives. Positivity and optimism were imperative characteristics we had to emit so …show more content…
We also learned that we should listen and accept constructive criticism, especially coming from camp supervisors. And most importantly, we had a lot of patience throughout it all. Through this experience we learned that being in charge does not have to be such a daunting task. Most people have the ability to be leaders, you just have to believe in yourself, and that is exactly what we did. Being a leader was actually so much fun, stressful at times, but the positives absolutely outweighed the negatives. In fact, the students wrote letters depicting the great times they had. It was a heartwarming feeling to know that we were able to contribute to the students’ happiness. These students now have memories that will last them a lifetime and to be a part of that is more than I could have ever wanted from being a leader. And the ultimate success of the experience would have not been possible if I had not had a partner that helped expose the best leadership skills I