So a few years ago I went to summer camp. I went because I was promised food, which is usually my reason for doing things. Anyway, so one of the days we had to go on a 3 hour hike. Yep. Just the sound of that makes me want throw up. It was hot out and we had to trek through the forest with a bunch of people I don't care about.
So we were hiking and doing campy-time things, when suddenly we ran into a patch of barbed wire. Naturally, being fifth graders from a preppy mostly-white school, most of had never seen barbed wire in our life. So we proceeded to freak out. Our counselor was just like "Stay calm, im gonna lift you up over the barbed wire." So one by one we were all lifted up over the barbed wire. I was the last person to go. And, just my luck, my shirt gets caught on the barbed wire. So I have to stand there for a good 2-3 minutes while the counselor tries to detach my shirt from the wire. My classmates are all staring at me while I stand there panicking because I'm terrified of sharp objects. Eventually he managed to detach the barbed wire and we continued on our merry way.
A couple of other things I remember from summer camp:
- we were forced to watch this really weird dinosaur movie where this guy goes back in time and captures a bunch of dinosaurs and makes them perform in a carnival. They also like kidnap 2 kids. I kind of think I hallucinated the whole thing, but other people also remember it so I guess I didn't. Or maybe they put us all on the same drugs.
- we were forced to sing to be able to eat. Now those of you who know me in real life know I love to sing. But these people made us sing the weird camp songs about moose and wagons and sailboats. They also made us scream our vocal cords out and repeat everything a bunch of times. Such fun.
- we had to square dance. With kids from other schools. I'm not kidding I had to hold hands with a bunch of boys I had never met before.
- we only had THREE MINUTES to take a shower. I repeat THREE FREAKING MINUTES. No one can take a shower in 3 minutes.
So that was my summer camp experience. I never went back to that place. But I really hope that whoever is currently there doesn't get caught on barbed wire, has more than 3 minutes to shower, and is not forced to watch a weird dinosaur movie.
-Sophie :)