Let’s rant more about camp.
Finals start in two days. Guess where I am! At my computer in the lab from last year. Long story short, sick teacher=free day. It’s kind of weird to be back here, though, because it feels like nothing’s really changed at all.
For some reason this year reminds me a lot of eighth grade, even though we’ve all grown up since then. I mean, 8th grade was years ago. But it still kind of reminds me of it.
So school gets out a week from Friday. I go to camp in 25 days. That’s really weird to see. I mean, I remember being somewhat happy over 150. Last year. As in, 2008/2009. Counting down days. And now like everyone is leaving, staff and campers. Two of my BEST friends, who’ve been at camp with me since my section of the camp changed and everything, aren’t coming back. And I’m going at a different time than I usually do, so I won’t get to see some of my favorite people. And I know this is for the better, but I sometimes wonder if I’m not pushing to get this over with to fast. And by this, I mean camp. Overall. In general. I could easily be a camper again this year instead of a CIT. And then I could be a counselor the next next year. It’s like, you know those people who graduate high school early so that they can graduate college early so that they can then work for the entire rest of their lives? I almost feel like I’m doing that. I mean, I’ve been going to camp since I was 8, so if I stick around until I’m 22 I’ll be there for fifteen summers. But somehow I don’t really see that happening. Not because I don’t love camp, of course. It’s just that unless they become one of the big head directors, no staff member stays for more than 3 years. With one exception. And that exception kind of fell apart by the end of their time at camp. Or at least, we all thought so.
Plus going as a staff member means it’ll be harder to ignore the fact that some of the counselors do stuff they shouldn’t sometimes. It’s such a big, stupid open secret. And it’s annoying. I hate how it’s like, this huge elephant in the room that no one will acknowledge. Either do something about it, or tell the parents coming to check out the camp that although it’ll be one of the best experiences of their kids’ lives (it’s true), counselors will be doing that.
Sometimes not telling the whole truth leads to no truth at all.
655 days down, 25 to go.
~Rach
