Ok I admit it, I still take pride in being selected a color war general. After 30 years of teaching, coaching and camp directing, that professional accomplishment still ranks high. Actually it was that college professor who suggested I find a job that summer working at a summer camp that started me on the path to a career filled with children.
Kids go off to camp with no other expectation than having fun.
A wonderful camp slips in a chance to learn a lot more. Most of the learning is not even on the menu of activities that all camps take so much pride in advertising. I think that is why it becomes so difficult to explain camp to the uninitiated. There is an instant shorthand of communication with a parent who was a camper herself. Where did you go to camp'' brings forth a burst of memories and recollections hidden since the last camp reunion.