BeaTPAC 2016 Application Have you ever worked at a summer camp? What is your experience working with children? Please explain. I have indeed worked at a summer camp as a counselor before. The summer camp was one held annually by my neighborhood. I had several responsibilities and worked closely with children of varying age groups. My experience with children goes beyond that summer camp as well. Coming from Liberty Pines Academy (a kindergarten through eighth grade school)‚ as an elective the eighth
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When growing up‚ the idea of enrolling in summer camp was quite daunting‚ and I hated it because I was not comfortable with meeting new people; I was very shy. However‚ I had to face these fears when I attended Roughing It Day Camp because my school counselor suggested that I do so. I started as an eighth grader in the Junior High Girls Group. On my first day of summer camp‚ I was welcomed into a group of girls who were excited to be at camp. Their optimism soon rubbed off on me when I started going
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by my mother who had a satisfying grin on her face. I was in disbelief of what she proclaimed both in fear and excitement. She said with anticipation‚ her eyes glowing with a teaming brown that during my summer I would be attending camp Tekawitha an all catholic camp. As she passed me her phone one thing stuck out like sore thumb. “No electronics allowed.” It hit me like a baseball bat. The
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Journal 5 Jodie Wang (D) When we talk about something about concentration camps‚ we all consider that the Nazi concentration camp‚ former Soviet Union political labor camps‚ and even in China we have the storm which blew throughout China and left with a social memory which is now called “Ten –year Calamity” .Every country has their own blemish‚ in China we missed a major development opportunity because of this huge policy mistakes which is called the ten-year-long “Cultural Revolution” ‚ but anyway
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Japanese Americans on the west coast were interned into camps for many reasons that violated their civil Liberties‚ some including the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ the president then declaring war on Japan‚ with that causing war hysteria. Japanese Americans should have been given a fair chance to bring down the accusations made by non Japanese Americans. War hysteria has been part of many wars‚ including WWII. In this particular war the Japanese Americans lived in fear of being interned because of war
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Working with people is what I am passionate about. Two summers ago I had the incredible opportunity to be a camp counselor. My favorite part of that entire experience was watching as each of the girls in my cabin began to see what they were fully capable of. Whether it was participating in the group activities‚ or opening up about their lives without fear of judgment. There is something so satisfying when I watch as someone improves his or her life and I was a part of that process. This is one of
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experience. "Did it have to end so quickly?" I wondered to myself. "Just think of next year"‚ I said to comfort my disbelief‚ "It’s going to be ten times the fun. I’ll make sure of that." After what seemed like years of waiting‚ the day of camp finally arrived. I hastily packed my bags and threw them in my car. My friend on the other hand‚ was late. She took forever putting her bags together and she walked out of the house as slow as a snail. "Hurry up!" I yelled at her. "I’m sorry
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alluring than the prospect of conquering a mountain. At 1:15 a.m. I emerged from my tent with my boots laced‚ my ice-axe stowed‚ and my headlamp glowing. I was ready for this mountain‚ rearing to begin the ascent up its face. Before leaving base camp‚ my guide had a few words to share with the team. We gathered around him‚ and he began. “This will not be an easy climb‚” he warned‚ “And not all of you will reach the summit. If you feel disoriented‚ I will send you down. If you are slowing‚ I will
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failed to see a log and failed to jump over it in time. He collapsed on the hard ground and everything went black. A few hours later‚ Nelson was the first to awake and found himself tied by the wrists‚ along with the other three campers he’d met at Camp Campbell. He looked around‚ observing the room that they were in. It was murky‚ empty room with nothing but themselves on the rusty floor and a TV. The room had no windows‚ only a door that was a ten feet away from them. Nelson took a deep breath and
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When you first met Nico you were about fourteen years old and had just arrived to Camp Half Blood. You were heading towards your cabin when you heard a group of campers laughing at two figures that were huddled in the middle of the circle that the bullies had formed. You noticed one boy shielding the other as the campers threw sticks at them‚ cackling as they taunted them for being gay. You lowered your eyes‚ thinking about how the bullies back home made you do humiliating things in front of people
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