16 February 2009, 22:21 UTC#31
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"I'm a huge music fan and play piano and guitar. I volunteer during the majority of my free time."
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I do. And how the <I>fuck</I> did you find that? That's creepy as hell.
I'm going to go research myself to see what's on the internet still. That was from a camp I worked at way far away one summer.
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I typed your name in google to see if it still said you were a pedo and just found:
16 February 2009, 22:30 UTC#32
Ray is the only one on hgf to get to heaven
16 February 2009, 22:57 UTC#33
Haha, in all seriousness, Ben, Summer Camps are like a big deal in a lot of parts of America. Mostly for more affluent families, although there are tons of camps intended for kids from less than ideal backgrounds, or with special needs.
It sort of goes back to a post-WWII mentality where America felt invincible, yet paranoid. Survivalism and scouting became a big emphasis for middle class families, in the event that a nuclear holocaust took place, the idea was that if you had survival skills, you could survive and rebuild the world with American ideals.
That was sort of the golden age of camps, but as time went on, and the Cold War mentality faded, people became more or less reliant on tradition. A lot of camps have generations of the same families coming to the camps over the years. Camps today mostly have a focus on relationship building, skill development in either athletics of some sort, or survival/nature skills, or in my case Drama. (I don't give a fuck if that's gay.) The camps almost always have a large population of counselors from all over the world. The idea is to seem as diverse and eclectic as possible so when the parents visit and hear a bunch of different accents, they feel like their kid is being exposed to a lot of culture they wouldn't be able to encounter on their own over the summer.
But yeah, counselors have "specialties" they focus on and kids will put a list of interests and then based on how long they are there (3-week to 12-week sessions) they will have schedules set up to focus on their interests, as well as plenty of free time to find new things to do, known as "Discovery" time.
It's actually a pretty tough job to have. The kids don't just disappear. You're pretty much working 24/7 for 14 weeks. Sure you have "off" time, but the kids don't disappear for the off time.
I think Summer Camps are great, although they're sadly only available to upper-middle class families due to their high prices. But, there are some really great camps meant for kids from less than ideal situations. Those usually have fewer resources, but a more talented and dedicated staff.
16 February 2009, 23:07 UTC#34
QUOTE(Ray @ Feb 17 2009, 12:57 AM) [snapback]535815[/snapback]
Haha, in all seriousness, Ben, Summer Camps are like a big deal in a lot of parts of America. Mostly for more affluent families, although there are tons of camps intended for kids from less than ideal backgrounds, or with special needs.
It sort of goes back to a post-WWII mentality where America felt invincible, yet paranoid. Survivalism and scouting became a big emphasis for middle class families, in the event that a nuclear holocaust took place, the idea was that if you had survival skills, you could survive and rebuild the world with American ideals.
Ohhhhhh Fallout 3-chills
Will read the rest of your article now.
16 February 2009, 23:15 UTC#35
I speak English, minimal german, spanish, french, greek and welsh
16 February 2009, 23:16 UTC#36
QUOTE(Ray @ Feb 16 2009, 04:57 PM) [snapback]535815[/snapback]
The camps almost always have a large population of counselors from all over the world. The idea is to seem as diverse and eclectic as possible so when the parents visit and hear a bunch of different accents, they feel like their kid is being exposed to a lot of culture they wouldn't be able to encounter on their own over the summer.
lol, I can see a camp director telling the counselors,
"alright, your job is to introduce yourself to the parents, but on one condition, you have to use a middle eastern accent."
"but im korean"
"do you want the job or not?"
"yes sir..
"
17 February 2009, 00:35 UTC#37
Haha.
17 February 2009, 01:17 UTC#38
I can say I love your legs in 5 languages...
17 February 2009, 02:03 UTC#39
English and I half-arse my way through Japanese.
I also studied Italian for 8 years, although now I forget most of it.
17 February 2009, 02:12 UTC#40
eithopium and english
17 February 2009, 06:24 UTC#41
Just English. Took two years of Spanish in high school, but it didn't amount to much.
17 February 2009, 06:32 UTC#42
QUOTE(Ray @ Feb 17 2009, 12:57 AM) [snapback]535815[/snapback]
The camps almost always have a large population of counselors from all over the world. The idea is to seem as diverse and eclectic as possible so when the parents visit and hear a bunch of different accents, they feel like their kid is being exposed to a lot of culture they wouldn't be able to encounter on their own over the summer.
Ben, Pekka was one these counselors last summer.
17 February 2009, 15:13 UTC#43
Space camp!
17 February 2009, 23:57 UTC#44
what a bunch of useless languages you guys know, learn spanish.
18 February 2009, 06:38 UTC#45
QUOTE(The Blargh @ Feb 16 2009, 06:03 PM) [snapback]535860[/snapback]
English and I half-arse my way through Japanese.
I also studied Italian for 8 years, although now I forget most of it.
what a good use of 8 years
18 February 2009, 14:43 UTC#46
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QUOTE(The Blargh @ Feb 16 2009, 06:03 PM) [snapback]535860[/snapback]
English and I half-arse my way through Japanese.
I also studied Italian for 8 years, although now I forget most of it.
what a good use of 8 years
Indeed.
Thank you public schooling for teaching me a useless language.
22 February 2009, 01:05 UTC#47
I can speak Finnish and Spanish. I fluent in both
Finnish because Im Finnish? Read and Talk, am not soo good @ writting.
Spanish as I lived in Spain for 12 years and went to primary and secondary school. Totally fluent
English as I live in Scotland, been here just past 8 years! Secondary school, college and work
Thats my story
22 February 2009, 14:00 UTC#48
QUOTE(Kalle @ Feb 22 2009, 03:05 AM) [snapback]536646[/snapback]
I can speak Finnish... ...I fluent in both
LIES!
prove me wrong!
23 February 2009, 00:14 UTC#49
I said I can speak underneath it. My writting is real bad!
Kyla ma voin kirjoita suomekssi va tosi huonosti! Ei keta ole opettanut minua kirjotta suomeksi ikina! Kiitos
LOL Jones my punctuation in Finnish is terrible
Its just I speak it @ home and read ilta sanoma every so often online lol.
Take Care fellow Finn
23 February 2009, 10:05 UTC#50
Danish, swedish, english, a little nazi-german-phrases too.
Got thrown out of french classes for yelling 'SACRE BLEU' at everything.
23 February 2009, 10:29 UTC#51
QUOTE(borislort @ Feb 23 2009, 11:05 AM) [snapback]536762[/snapback]
Danish, swedish, english, a little nazi-german-phrases too.
Got thrown out of french classes for yelling 'SACRE BLEU' at everything.
For me it was "Au revoir, suckers". Wow, I really feel like we're bonding here.
23 February 2009, 10:31 UTC#52
Omelette du fromage, thank you Dexter's Lab!
