Summer will soon be over. We only have one week left for the summer camp and school will start again. I wish I could have time to relax and take a vacation but I don’t think it will be possible considering that the summer camp ends on the 28th of August and school starts on the 1st of September. The 29th and 30th with be a weekend and on the 31st will be the staff meeting and preparation for the Before and After Child Care program. Hayyyy…
Speaking of summer camp… it is the busiest time of my life. Everyday is one hectic day. If you have noticed, I have not written since I started working for the Y. I have stopped blogging for a while except for those times that I had to do paid post. But even that is too rare. My work eats up most of my time and energy and sanity. hahahaha
Being a teacher for 11 years, I have not been so tired working in my life. Maybe, it’s the weather [Maine's weather is so unpredictable that it changes every 5 minutes, seriously.] Maybe, the kids are too hyper [I don't know where they get their energy.] Or maybe, I am getting old [and that I had to admit, is a serious factor].
Summer camp is a new thing for me. It is not old school… it is new school, indeed. The experience is new to me. It is fresh and innovative since we don’t have that kind of concept back home. The work is a-ok considering the number of hours that I have to work… this is a full time job for me… for now.
Summer camp is play and game. It brings back the child in me.The kids are contagious in terms of fun and laughter. Their innocence is surprisingly educative if not completely compelling. And if there is any downside to this learning experience… that would be… their energy is draining me, making me totally exhausted, useless and unproductive at the end of the day.
Oh well, life at the camp is fun. There will be some unhappy campers every now and then but we always come up with something [or improvise] to make the camp “the happy place on earth” [or is that Disney World or Walmart?] The camp is not just a place for fun but for learning experiences that will never be learned from the four corners of the classroom. And the camp taught us lessons that will surely come handy in life.
One more week and summer camp is over. Things will be back to normal again both for the camp counselors and the kids. One more week and we will do serious business again learning new lessons, the conventional way. One more week and the summer fun will be over… but definitely will never be forgotten.
