Hi, I am Ethan, and I am about to get off the bus to begin my three day stay at Atwood. My one and only goal is to not get sent home by behaving badly. When I got there, we unpacked our luggage in a huge area called a dorm. Chris, a worker at Atwood, explained,” A hopper is a job that one of the students will have. Each of the eight tables will have one hopper for every meal. The hopper will be the server and will also provide people with refills on drinks or 2nds. During your stay, everyone will be able to be a hopper.”
After we had a huddle about the rules of Atwood , workers divided us into groups. Every group had 14 kids in it. I was in the Owls group with three very terrible kids, Alex,Joe,and Nick. I wanted to be in the Deer group with all of my friends,but I guess I could make it work. …show more content…
During the hike, our leader Chris reminded Alex, Joe, and Nick to stop throwing sticks many times. Soon after he warned them, Nick threw a stick at Joe and blamed me for it. I received a level 1. A level 1 is a warning, level 2 is a phone call to your parents, and level 3 is to be sent home. About 30 minutes later, Chris explained,” We are now entering the Kishwaukee River environment. We will be crossing a bridge that leads us to our next environment called the marsh.”
While my group was on the bridge, Alex, Joe, and Nick started to shake the bridge. Chris yelled, ”STOP! Who is doing that?”
Alex, Joe, and Nick had all fingers pointing at me. I earned a level 2. I was scared, I was on my way to get a level 3. During my phone call home, I told my parents, ”Alex, Joe, and Nick are blaming me for things that I was not doing.”
My mom told me, ”Ethan you need to tell a teacher about what is going on and why you have a level