Ymca Experience

Out of all my memories, the one that has impacted me in a positive way is my first YMCA summer camp when I was thirteen years old. Since I was new in the country, I wanted to gain experience and learn something new. I wanted to get familiar with American culture. I was very excited for this trip. The camp was about one week long and it was my first time when I lived without being in contact with my parents, although I did receive letters from my mom and some presents. I had a great experience while being in camp. Some of the positive lessons I learned were managing my time, making a bad experience into a positive experience, and having experiences with different activities. When I sleep late it’s hard for me to wake up early morning. During the camp, I was given a schedule for the day and it had listed all the activities that I had to participate in. Every morning, I had to wake up at 6 o’ clock and go for the breakfast. It was my …show more content…
On the first day, I was asked to introduce myself to my peers. It turned out I did well on it. However, I had a negative experience on the following day in CIT meeting because I was given an unfamiliar topic to give a speech on. My topic was on the Syria crisis. I remembered that I was asked by my dad if Syria was a boat or ship and I told him that it was a ship. He laughed and told me that it was a country. Now I knew Syria was a country, but I was unaware of the Syria crisis. When I had to present in front of my peers and the people who were evaluated me, I could not speak a single word on the Syria crisis and I was very embarrassed. I wanted to leave the camp. That was one of my horrible days until I thought of solving my problem. I thought that I did not speak a single word today in CIT meeting. What if I speak tomorrow one sentence? I felt very positive that night and next day in CIT meeting everything turned out very well for