Last summer, I decided to become a camp counselor because it sounded like the most fun out of all the summer jobs available to college students like me. As an aspiring educator, I also thought that experience working with adolescent kids would be good practice. And while both of those things were true and I really loved the kids, it was also the most absolute God-awful, traumatic experience of my life. I can’t wait to do it again this summer! Before I change my mind, I thought I’d take the time to reflect on some of the hilarious things my camp kids said and did that I recorded on a Twitter thread throughout the six weeks that I was their counselor.
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Now THIS is the kind of self-confidence that all kids should have.
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After this last Super Bowl, it’s true.
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No, you cannot.
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And yet, he did. This was more common of an issue than you’d think it would be with an age group of 10-13 year olds.
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Sweet talker at an early age.
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This boy was by far my favorite camper and I’m not afraid to admit it. He danced to “Woman Up” by Meghan Trainor for the talent show and slayed. He is going places.
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He sounded so concerned too.
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Again, I don’t know where these kids got their self-esteem from, but it was sky high. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to compare myself to Beyonce.
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Sometimes they were cute in between demon practice.
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I’m not exactly proud to admit that I do know exactly why Abby Miller is in jail. We all have guilty pleasures, right?
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Why are little boys so boring?
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Me too, girl, me too.
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That was the day I officially checked out.
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When I was a 5th grader I named my egg drop contraption “Amelia Egg-hart”.
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Once sixth graders learn how to use deodorant, it’s over for you hoes.
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The question we all wonder about, but never bother to learn.
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If only, if only.
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That little white boy was WOKE.
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There’s really nothing else I can say in regards to this one.
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Again, I have no idea what to comment on this. But I did get to spend an entire summer yelling the name “Yoshi” across playgrounds, so there’s that.
Man, I can’t wait to be tortured by a bunch of pre-teens again this summer! And I didn’t even get to write about how an 11-year-old girl held me hostage in the pool!
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