And it goes on and on and on and on!!

Let me just say I have never been happier than I am right now. These people make me feel so mature and alive. We joke we kid we laugh we go to far but were still close when it comes time to learn we do! we stand together and talk and we combine out knowledge into a team when some one slips up in misunderstanding a clue or an idea with the help of each other we fill in the blanks common knowledge. It really is a great bunch we stay up late watching harry potter drinking tea and swapping stories. The inside jokes keep coming. We have spent time cleaning the place. I am amazed at how much the building itself is taught to us. The different nooks and supply closets first aid kits (yes I know these are no brainers) are in this house for cleaning up accidents abd cleaning up potential problems we make sure were stocked no just for the campers but mainly for ourselves we are the one giving comfort and those our some of our tools. I literally cannot explain everything happening at this camp these past few weeks the fun the adventure I love this job so much!!!

Just a quick thought

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And So It begins

Ello from a cloudy and cold lakes region of New Hampshire. Even still with the cloudy and rain... Holy crap it is so beautiful i can only imagine what it will be like once the sun comes out!!! We walked along the lake even in the cold the mist coming off the lake i gotta bring my camera up here to show you. pics to come. Any way I sleep in the boys section of the common building with, right now, one other guy named Seb from England who just finished school is brillant at cards and has no forced me into a tasty tea addiction. We spent last night playing different card games and talking about the difference between British University and American University. The girls watched movies and occasionaly added their ideas to our conversation 3 cups of tea later we were all sitting around talking and asking questions about the training to come. Asking questions of the three veterans. We discusses our backgrounds and told stories dealing with children with special needs. Cant tell you how great it was to just sit back sip tea and listen soaking in all the lessons and information about what is still to come in the next 2 weeks.


Its now sunday and we have all had a relaxing day the group getting over jet lag lounging around and enjoying themselves tonight were having a group meal and another councilor will be arriving some time soon. Then tomorrow at 9 the lessons and learning begin and i cannot wait if the next 2 weeks are as fun as the last 2 days then it will go by so quickly.

Into 2 (before it all begins)

Its May 31, 2011 I am packing to go. I have never been camping before well, I never went to camp, over night camps that is. Hey cool another thing to add to the great things about this job, my first camp experience. Just gets better and better right. So really what does one take to camp. Those of you wondering I actually am serious I kind of went google searching for lists of things to take to camp.

Few things I left out of first entry. So we actually have 2 weeks of class, well I will call it class. Its orientation we will be instructed by nurses and other professionals who have had many years of experience dealing with the different types of learning or physical problems the may have.

Another fun fact about USM we don’t get that training until the semester before we start our internships for out masters.

So during the 2 weeks I can talk to the other counselors and ask them what things they brought with them.

Also another big thing I left out was this is the camp counselors are all international like there are four people coming from Japan and China one coming from Scotland and the rest I am not sure about but I cant wait to find out. No Germans to talk to be I will manage. So not only am I learning lots but also I am meeting people from all around the world. OH! And doing something I love!! Gonna be a great summer!

Into (before it all begins)

Its weird to say how far I have come in this life 4 years ago I got into college and although I am having to do another year of undergraduate because of transferring and making friends my first semester at USM instead of studying, I do feel like I have taken the next step. We say we want to do something like yeah I want to be a doctor, or a fireman when were younger, but we never really become certain about what we want to do until about our last year of college. Granted there are those few who are still switching majors but only a small few. I have always felt an attraction to teaching yes an attraction but I had so little experience with it I had no way of connection with it. For my parents reading this who may have just made faces, don’t worry I know what I want to do. I want to teach. I love teaching standing in front of like 25 kids and explaining an idea until they truly understand it and then testing them on it and them getting excited about getting an A and knowing everything about it, well to me there is nothing better. So here I am in love with teaching. Really my Ed classes with practical are the only classes that get me through semesters. If that’s not a sign then I don’t know what is. Again I love teaching. Yet here I am at another crossroads see I want to teach, I want to teach history but I have always been interested in special needs education. Yet we can all agree a special needs teacher should never be interested in what they do.

This brings me to the point of this blog of all this reading that I hope my friends and family will do. I have the opportunity of a lifetime. This summer I will be working at a camp for special needs kids, well kids and young adults from 13-21. But not only that I will have one on one caring for (I want to say caring for but really its making sure they have fun). So why is this so awesome because in the university that is where I intend to go to grad school and get my masters in special needs and general Ed. We dont start in classrooms working with kids with special needs until the very last semester before we graduate. Wicked way to run a school right but hey those are the rules. Any way this opportunity to manage kids will allow me to be positive that I want to teach in this area. Before I waste 2 years and a ton of money. I wish to state first and foremost that this is serious I don’t want people to see that I am writing a blog about this and them and thinking I am taking this lightly. This is something I need to do to know if I should pursue it I don’t want to enter a job half assed.

Bu that’s just the beginning it will look great on my resume, for grad school. The amount of I could make anywhere else does not compare to how much this will help my resume. This job is great in so many ways. I love working with kids, I will be working with kids with special needs giving me insight into if I really want to be a special needs teacher. Then just working with kids is awesome too something I love to do as is. Nothing bad about this job. I seriously cannot wait.

So come along take this journey with me let me know what you think words of encouragement or to those teachers out there words of advice!?