summer camp

In class on wensday we listened to an interview on a radio series called "This American Life." The interview was about a summer camp in Michigan. The author had many details in the interview about the camp, the people, the activities, and the community the camp builds. Children who atteneded the camp had there best memories there they said. They became the people they are by attending camp because they spent so much time there, and when they were not at camp they were always talking about camp. Most of the counselors at the camp at been there since they were young campers. The counselors looked out for the campers and the campers looked to them for advice. It was a upscale camp were they took part in activities like rifle shooting, sailing, and horseback riding. They loved to sing and had songs for everything. At lunch each cabin sang a song, but the older girls were always the loudest.


When I was younger I went to softball camp at the Stonleigh Burnham school in Greenfield and I went to a Summer Enrichment camp in my town. I loved camp, but like the campers in the interview , no one could understand why I loved camp so much. The summer enrichment camp I went to from the age of four until I was sixteen. I was a camper at first and then was a counselor when I turned twelve. I loved the camp and loved my campers. I was a counselor for the Children in first grade and I loved each and everyone of them. They could be fresh at times, but the things they came up with were always so funny. Even today I see some of the children who were in my group and they remeber who I am. It makes me feel good that I made an impact on these childrens lives.