Summer camps

Personal Essay First Draft When I was 8 years old I realized my brother Benny and I were twins. I realized this the first year we went to summer camp. There was not necessarily one singular moment when I discovered we were twins, it was over the three week period that this epiphany came to me. For the first few days no one could tell us apart. In our activities, meals, and sometimes in our cabins other people could not tell us apart. I came to the conclusion of twins because they run in my…

My choose of experience that I chose was working at a basketball summer youth camp that served children who were between the ages of 7-14. I ultimately decided to choose this experience because it was a sense of returning back to my community and helping those who enjoy engaging in physical activities. It also let me build relationships with children that I will help me in my future professional goals. Also, I think it has helped me prepare for my current job. This experience connects with my…

The major theme of the article “From Summer camps to Glass Ceilings” is to relate the message that social experiments are a powerful tool that can help explain and help find solutions too many of societies seemingly disagreeable issues. It also examines how the use of small groups in experiments can help us understand society.” Social science experiments on a few individuals from similar backgrounds can give rise to strategies for coping with social problems ranging from intergroup conflict to…

of individuals representing more than one national origin, color, religion, socioeconomic stratum, sexual orientation, etc.” For this class I had to step outside of my comfort zone to edify myself as an educator. Through the experience of a summer music camp and Hindu temple I have acquired perspectives that have impacted me as a teacher permanently. As someone who grew up in the rural towns of Zephyrhills and Lake Alfred, Fl I did not have much more than a simple Southern-Baptist childhood. I…

Ever since I was little, I’ve always wanted to go to a residential summer camp - however, I was never able to attend one. Despite this, I’ve had a little over a decade to consider everything there is to consider! My eldest sister attended Camp Cheerio one year, and I interrogated her immediately upon her return - from what she described, I and the rest of my family thought I would do very well at a residential camp! Of course I can’t know for certain how I’d react, but looking at experiences…

and drippy hair. Wrapping the towel around my body, I nervously strode over to the large table. That summer, I was a counselor in training (CIT) at the Athenian School Summer Camp. It was my eighth summer of camp, as I had been a CIT for the past five years and was a camper for the three years before. As a camper, I always envisioned becoming a counselor. Playing games with campers, singing camp songs, and teaching art activities seemed like the perfect job for me. Unfortunately, counselors…

Within summer break, there are more than 50 million children who are given an average of six additional hours of free time, with this we must consider that there are millions of parents who work within that period of time. Yes, this means that these parents must find someone to take responsibility for the well being of their children during these hours. Whether this be paying for childcare, having family members help, or enrolling their children in summer programs, there are various solutions…

Oh no I think I see them again. Oops, my bad, let's start at the beginning when it all started. It was July 7, 2013 and I was waking up to go to Sagemont Summer Camp. I put on my bathing suit and drove to Sagemont to load the buses. I got there and found my friend Dillon, a kid a met at camp and he became my best friend, and we picked the last seat in the back. I sat in the aisle, my favorite seat on a bus, right next to the group of kids we hated. John, the leader of the group, sat in the aisle…

Last summer at band camp it all began the doom that resides whether my parents are going to kill me or not. The incident that caused me and my best friends ultimate doom. It all began when Jenny jumped off the bridge into water everyone followed except Jessica and when we were all in the river she disappeared and we still can’t find her and our parents believe that we as a group made her disappear. The people in involved are me (ally), jaydon, Lucy, Alex, and Veronica, and Jenny.…

Your typical teenager would be out enjoying their summer break with their friends and family, however this wasn’t the case for me. I spent the majority of my break at Champ Camp, a camp designed to prepare athletes for their upcoming sport seasons. I decided to attend this camp to get stronger and better in order to end the losing streak I had in volleyball. I set a goal for myself to complete this camp to the best of my ability. It was absolute hell, every drill was exhausting, and the heat…