tRaining 2 & CPR

So I am going to do a double post this time.

Training: So this was a Saturday all day training, 10am to 4:30. Sadly it was raining so it was inside all day, but it was still enjoyable!

I got there parked and went in and started talking to a girl that went to my high school. I didn't actually know who she was but she looked familiar so I asked and she was like yeah I went to KP, but she was a year older than me so that's why I didn't actually know her! Then there is also another girl that went to KP I talked to at the end of the day, she was 2 years older, but was in my accounting class when I was a sophomore and she was a senior. I remember her name only because she was one of the teacher's favorites (and I think she was friends with one of my friends).

I also talked to some of the other eagle counselors and they were so nice! We even got to go to one of the cabins and meet some of the others in our age division. Everyone seemed so cool! I can't wait to spend the summer meeting/working/ hanging out with everyone.

Then we went over some hypothetical situations, where they went over how the rules would dictate our general response. The first one my group got was something about getting overwhelmed and locking a troublemaker camper in a garage/shed. My thought was 'whoever came up with this is pretty creative', but then every other question we used this crazy reaction to joke about the other situations. The director pointed out if we ever get overwhelmed to just ask a camper his/her age, then it'll hit you that they are young and don't really know better!  Ok enough with boring rule info.

Lunch time.. I did not really want pizza again and I was lucky since this time they had sandwiches! There were so many sandwiches (they ended up having leftovers for CPR). I sat with my co-counselor and a girl I met from first aid and two guys. I think my co- asked about our ages... I just remember she said her age, I said mine and the other girl said hers. We didn't even get to the guys. They just stopped and asked me "are you really 19?" and "you're only 19??".  I didn't know what to say, I just was like "yes I'm really 19". Luckily one of the guys ended up saying "I'm only 19 too, but I turn 20 in a month" while the other said 20. I was like great now I'm the baby at the table!  I could not believe how young I felt, but then again I've talked to a few people who have said they are in grad school so I should have figured out then that I was young, this was just a bam that I was young.

After the determination that I was young, we had to watch and list to a segment about bullying. It was really interesting. It was a good video and it's good to know it's a very inclusive camp. We are to never do the pick a captain and they chose the "best" to leave someone out (the example was Freaks and Geeks, I really want to watch this show).  Instead we should match campers up by shirt color, height, anything random, which is a cool method to having everyone work with each other.

SONGS was next up for the day. It was still raining so I think this was the time we were supposed to go on a tour, but things change. I liked learning some of the songs, some were just a little well weird. I was thinking though, having the older kids, yes we will sing but most likely the more put together songs that have a few verses.

Then came a presentation on child sex abuse. Some of these stats were crazy. I remember it saying 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are abused and that it can be adult/minor, or forced minor/minor. This was insane to me, I really hope that the stats change. This was such a shocking thing. The directors were telling us about the whole screening process that all of us had to go through, now I understand why the interviews were an hour long (we talked about this during lunch!). I was glad I got hired at a camp with such high standards, hopefully if more places were like this then stats would change!

Talent! Next up we went to the preforming area and got to find a group and get an idea for the counselor talent show! I already pretty much knew I was working with my co- in whatever we did so then I talked to the other eagle counselors and we decided we wanted to change the lyrics/dance to a song. We talked to our division leader and she thought of adding in Justin Bieber! So we came up with an idea and we're all like ready to embarrass ourselves! All we have to do now is change the lyrics to the One Direction song and bam!

After this we went back and played a game with our group, which only made me think that our group is going to be even more awesome. We're all so down to earth, but ready to make fools of ourselves for the campers enjoyment that it'll be awesome!

The next day was CPR: I am now CPR certified! (And AED? I don't know but we used a practice machine.)  Nothing happened [besides learning CPR] except that the dog was around, so cute!

Really after this jam packed weekend of camp stuff, I'm excited! Sunday is the next [ALL DAY] training so I will probably post on Monday!  Maybe one day this week while I get to relax I'll think of something to expand on! Peace for now!