My Summer Camp

The next six months consisted of me reluctantly training junior varsity color guard. The first drill meet came and I, single handedly, lost our team 20 points (a big deal since we are scored out of 100). Needless to say, we didn’t win. I decided to keep at it and give it one more try, but, I wasn’t feeling too good about continuing as the commander. By the time we were on the bus back from the second drill meet I had led my team to two losses. I was done, I was frustrated and tired. It didn’t help that Russell, the kid in charge of the JV military drill team had secured two first place wins, with perfect scores.

Summer camp is a time to create memories of laughter, friendship, and new adventures. It is a time to get away for a week, and experience new adventures with familiar and fresh faces. It is a chance to experience the sound of crickets at night while lying awake in the bunk, wondering what kind of excitement the next day will bring. Camp is where friendships are created that last a lifetime.

At one point, summer school was viewed as something negative, that only “bad” students who had failed a class or fell behind take in order to reach their peers’ levels. However, today summer school is seen as a big advantage that allows students to take courses before they are required to so they can take more rigorous classes sooner and make themselves for appealing for colleges. In the New York Times article, “Taking Summer School to Get Ahead, Not to Catch Up,” published on August 16, 2016, Kyle Spencer effectively incorporates ethos and logos to establish that taking summer classes to get ahead benefits a student’s chances of getting into college.

The past two year we won the first two games in a dogfight and then destroyed Saginaw High in the district championship. On the week of the game, practices are a vale of tears . Twenty brutal suicides before practice, morning and evening practices. One thing that he knows, is that Saginaw high always out toughing us with fake toughness. So top it off Coach Mcmath, brings back his championship team from 2006 to scrimmage us the whole week before the big game. These are grown man with buffy, barrel-chested, some are slightly built and some are strapping. He believes the long, sweaty and abusive practices is the cause of our success, because we always have the 5 star players but just lack of toughness when it comes to this game. The best part about practices the week of the game is the gear we receive. Coach calls us in his offices one by one, it smells nice and fresh. The cold air hits your face. You take a look around.That’s when you see them! All the random shoes and gear. “It’s the pair of new shoes we’ll be wear for this game and get some socks from the box” he’ll say. Once you approach them, and take a look at them you know it's

My first trip to Disney World, now that, that was a memorable trip. That trip was one of the most magical and happiest memories of my life. It was back in 2008, I had just turned 6 years old a few months before we left to go there. It was summertime, and the weather was perfect. I remember being so bored on the way there because I am an only child so I didn’t have anyone to entertain me besides myself. My mom’s side of the family went on this trip with us, and at the time I was the only grandkid, and the only kid at all. So once we finally were almost there I remember passing the big ‘Welcome to Disney World” sign and being so excited I peed my pants--my mom was pretty mad, but my dad thought it was kinda funny so I didn’t get in too much trouble.

At the sleep away camp that I attended this summer, I was appointed "General" for an all camp activity known as Color War. For four days, the camp is divided into two teams that compete against each other in athletics and other competitive activities. Having been selected out of 400+ campers to take on this elite position was such an honor - I cried tears of happiness. While acting general was extremely rewarding, it quickly became a challenge. Carrying the responsibility to lead cheers, hold team meetings, while making sure the people I led were happy and enjoying the most exciting days of camp was nothing short of nerve-racking. However, every challenge I faced during those four days made each experience that more rewarding , even if my

"I never got nothing I wanted in my whole life. Now, I’m go’n get a whole day?" pg. 170

“You’ll like them just as much.” They insisted. But I wasn’t buying it. This camp handed out a badge on the last day. That badge. I wanted that badge on my bag. I’m sure everyone on our team desired the feeling of walking onto the field, feeling everyone’s eyes cling to the badge as you crossed in front of them. That was the badge. Gold and Silver. And everyone was going to get one; except for

To start, for the nine years I’ve attended camp there hasn’t been any change, maybe the food but that’s it. Since I’m on the topic of food, every camper and staff member wears navy collared shirts and navy shorts to dinner. The collared shirts are worn so that we can wear our ties that represent what clan were in. There are two clans, the red clan and the blue clan. The first year of camp is when you are assigned your clan, and if you have a relative that has already

Children in elementary schools all over the United States long for the moment that they are released to go to recess. It is a time for them to let loose, relax, and simply refresh their minds to get ready for the rest of the day. However, school boards as well as teachers around the country have begun to cut back on recess time or, in some cases, eliminate it completely in order to “maximize educational intake”. The obvious benefit of the use of recess is physical enrichment, however there are many other crucial outcomes involved with recess. Recess is a pivotal piece in the development of a child’s focus, ability to retain informations, and social skills, which are several reasons as to why recess should be implemented in elementary schools

It was that time of the year again. The countywide Boy Scout competition was rapidly approaching. Camporee is a test of our skills, in which scout troops get together and compete in different events. We have to improve our strengths in different areas, such as knot tying, first aid, and fire building. During the competition, we race to complete in the fastest time while also completing each event accurately. This year, I was one of the patrol leaders in my troop, so I would be leading a group of Scouts in the competitions.

I had never been to Camp Wapsie Before. I didn't think I would like it, but I loved it. My favorite thing to do there was ziplining. I had never ziplined before, but I loved it. I wanted to climb the tower in 45 seconds.

This Summer, I had the best time of my life. I learned some valuable lessons, I made some friends, and I had so much fun. Even if I didn’t know it. This is the story of my summer camp experience.

Back in the day, when I remember of me being a child and it was one of the best moment I could think of my childhood that happened in the summer, where good time start it and not too far off that it sound it like that we played in the water and we figured since it is a bit hot outside i was going to six flags and having some fun with our family and friend having an enjoyable time. Few things I would say about my childhood was also the summer time, when the sun was hitting my body my mom used to worry about me a lot so I would not get dark so she would tell me to put sunscreen on all the time even on my face and in front of my friends but back when I was little I did not get what or why she was saying that but now I get it on why. Sometime when I didn’t wear the slippers my feet would burn like I was walking in a fried pan but I were to just walk in grass with my wet feet and then a few seconds later same thing happens again so it was not point of walking in the grass but I still walked. I closed my eyes one time because my mom used to surprise me with friends coming over, going to swimming and having a picnic and playing with the park dogs, it would be so much fun but we had this curfew time to get back home and the only annoying thing was the bugs and bees around us that were biting out skins off and making us scratch and the dirt we use in or the mud that we use to make sand castles out of at the beach. I tried to look up and see if I would be getting some shade anytime

Every year my aunt plans a camping trip for everybody so we can get together and have fun and so that the cousins can be with each other. Family comes from New Jersey, California, and sometimes Virginia to go camping with us; we want as much family to be with us on these trips as possible. In 2007, I was the youngest cousin out of the 10 that went camping with us, and to be honest it sucked because I would mostly be left out of adventures the big kids would do. My older cousins were between the ages of 15-17 and then there was middle ages that were 10-12 and me being 7 years old. My cousins decided to go down to the river, I really wanted to go, but they said “no, because something can happen.” they always said that it made me mad. My older cousins would give my parents the look of like say something so she doesn't come with us. My mom told me that she needed my help with cooking a reason so I wouldn’t go. I told my mom I didn’t want to help. She told me to go in the tent and color. I went to the tent and as I was going to go in the tent I saw my bike. Thought to myself that I can ride my bike and catch up with my cousins. In my head, I thought nothing bad can happen, nor I would get in trouble with going with my cousins without telling my parents. I got on my bike and started following them. My cousins didn’t know I was following them because I was keeping my distance from them and being quite. Before they went down to the river, they were going to go to the bathroom