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10 Things You Appreciate When You Work At A Summer Camp

More than just s'mores by the campfire.

Maggi Medley

May 31, 2018

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10 Things You Appreciate When You Work At A Summer Camp

Maggi Medley

This summer I will be back in my happy place, which is summer camp. Kids and staff from all over come to this camp and live in harmony for an entire summer, and honestly it is one of the most magical places on Earth.

While in this magical place, there are a few things that you appreciate a little extra.

1. Chipwiches

Snacks are good most days, but the Saturday Chipwich snack is actually the best.

2. The best shoe ever. . .CHACOS

Chacos are great, they can be worn with almost anything. Also the tan lines they leave on your feet are great.

3. The sweet smell of sunscreen

You learn to love it, because you're going to smell like it, pretty much all day every day.

4.Themed days of the week

Tropical Tuesday, Wolf Shirt Wednesday, Jersey Thursday. It's like a party every day.

5. The mini vacation that is camp

Even though you are working, being at camp is like being on vacation. Days spent with your camp friends by the lake sounds like a vacation to me.

6. Camp friends

Even though you are staff, you still make your "Camp Friends" and they are actually the best.

7. Cheers, chants, & dances

Even as staff you partake in cheers, chants, and dances. In fact, you are the one teaching said cheers, chants, and dances.

8. Friendship bracelets everywhere

Friendship bracelets are everywhere, campers making them, staff making them. They're actually a big thing.

9. Natural hair and no makeup

This is self explanatory, but honestly no makeup and natural hair is just the move for camp.

10. Closing campfires and saying goodbye

Even as a staff member, the closing campfire and goodbyes are equally sad.

Camp is an incredible place full of amazing people and it is hard to say goodbye to.

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More than just s'mores by the campfire.

1. Chipwiches

2. The best shoe ever. . .CHACOS

3. The sweet smell of sunscreen

4.Themed days of the week

5. The mini vacation that is camp

6. Camp friends

7. Cheers, chants, & dances

8. Friendship bracelets everywhere

9. Natural hair and no makeup

10. Closing campfires and saying goodbye

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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