I'm gonna be a camp counselor this summer. No way right!?Follow

This coming Monday I'll be starting my new job as the Head Male Counselor at the local summer camp ran by the Salvation Army, located down by the river. (I'll be livin in a van baby!) I have to say I'm pretty excited, I'll be staying there during the week in my own cabin(not in a van!)with weekends off, so I'll just go home to my grandparents on weekends. The pay is a nice amount compared to my ol' gas station job, and with the money I make I'll be able to afford my tution at University of Arkansas this Fall, Go Hogs! But I was wondering if any of you had experience in this sort of ordeal, for this is my first time working with kids, which by the way I love kids. The kids range from 8 to 12 I think so I'm pretty sure I can handle them. We get to go do things like canoe, hike, ropes course, arts and craft and all that cool junk, and the best thing about it is I'm in charge of the other counselors! I'll put some pics on here of the goods time we'll have! Summer fun in the sun!

Oh and theres wireless internet there so I'll be on WoW half the time, the kids can wait awhile eh??

But I was wondering if any of you had experience in this sort of ordeal,

Being a slack jawed yokel? Sorry, no dice.

The lower end of that age group is a blast. The higher end, especially the girls, are Hanna-Montana nutso boy-crazy. I was a camp counselor once, and had a great time with most the kids, but a harder time keeping the girls focused because their hormones had just made their presence known and they were a great giggly mess.

The one activity I did that was a hit with both groups was this series of activity stations which began with a dance lesson and ended up with a relaxation exercise. They took the relaxation exercise very seriously and were amazed at how it made them feel.

Aww now is that any kind of welcome back for Trunks. He's all of what 17 this year?

FTFY

Remember that movie, Meatballs? Boy, that sure was a funny movie. Meatballs III, not so much.

What's that other movie with Michael J. Fox and Nancy Keen as camp counselors? I hearted that movie too.

And also that other summer camp movie where there was a bet who was going to lose their virginity first.

Edited, Jun 6th 2008 11:17am by Thumbelyna

That was the movie! I loved that movie. Matt Dillon.... be still my beating heart.

dude, it's the kid who used to have that robot avatar.
He was like the first person to insult me on here I think, unless it was Moe insulting the both of us... I don't remember.

He applied. Others did not.

I did the summer camp schtick when I was 18. Eight weeks of me and some girl scouts. It was one of those "character building experiences" and it's also well known as the lowest paid wage slave of all wave slaves -- I think I was paid $800 for the whole eight weeks. I make about three times that much in a month these days.

You must have worked at a better camp than I did XD

I was on duty 22 hours a day. My breaks were Saturdays and 2 hours a day all other days. Based on that scale of pay, I was getting around $1 an hour.

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