Summer Camp Round 3

I am glad that I am returning for a 3rd summer to work at camp.  I emailed back saying I would work there not knowing what to expect, and as always there were quite a few surprises.  One of my classes was a travel course so right before I went abroad I was asked about a leadership position for a different age group at camp then got various emails that I could not keep up with.  After a bit I ended up getting moved back to the age group I worked with last summer and the group I was excited to work with again!  I am so excited to be back at camp even knowing every year is going to be different and that it's a huge learning curve.

That first training was so awkward, I was still part of this new division and ended up showing one of the games with the two guys that I would be working closer with during the summer.  Then I showed another game and this time I wasn't paying attention and when the director said, walk I was more focused on walking and thinking of a question to ask when he said "Name a c..." I was thinking color then realize he didn't ask for color and yelled out Asia to find out he said country!  SUCH an awkward moment, but hey that's camp honestly messing up is part of the job.  I was able to meet one of the girls I was working with and she seemed really sweet, young, but she seemed excited about the job.  The other girl I met in the division was nice as well and I could see myself working with them during the summer.  Pizza and salad for the first night of training, not bad!  Then it was the usual talking about 21st century and I could not focus during this since there is a skills gap and was just getting frustrated with the US education system.  Training ended and after I talked to a director, I went downstairs to turn in a form and a second after I entered there was the camp director and she pointed out how awkward it was, I just laughed because it seemed to be my theme of the night.

Then the next day I get the call from the director saying I was with the sophomores.  This was great because that meant I will have an easier summer job than having to work with a new age group.   I was a little upset learning that I wouldn't get to work with the people I had just met, but I am open minded and whatever happens, happens.  I went to the next training and they announced the change, which at that point I was cool with it and one of the division leaders was excited to have me.  I went through the night without access to the online account, but I learned a little bit. It was just interesting to see how the rest of the summer would go being at such an odd interesting point.