Every Summer for the past eight years I have gone to Camp Kooch-i-Ching in International Falls Minnesota. This summer I plan on spending my time a little bit differently. Even though I have had many great times at camp I feel like I have been missing out on the fundamental childhood summer experience. I want to be lazy and have my mom nagging me to clean my room and spend my mornings eating lucky charms and playing video games with my buddies. However, I also want to use the time I have been given to do something meaningful. Most of my friends are some type of an athlete at New Trier and whenever I got back from camp they would tell me all about their summer school sports and how they really improved their game. I love to play basketball, however I am not the best player. So I not only want to play over the summer so that I can improve my skills but also so that I can have an oppurtunity to play because there is nooooo way I am making the basketball team.
Branching out from Wilmette is also on my list of things to do. I plan on taking a road trip to the East Coast so that I can visit some people I left behind when I came back to New Trier. Nevertheless I also want to do something extrodinary. I want to go to a foreign place so that I can experience a new atmosphere that I know nothing about. I have looked into becoming an exchange student in Equador so that I can not only see the world, but also so that I can take steps to learn spanish.
So for anybody reading this; Im not 100% on what im doing so if anyone knows something better, comment on this blog and let me know what im missing.
1 comment:
You should consider doing an overland adventure trip. I have planned on going on one the past two years, though I have bailed on my plans because of summer lacrosse tournaments. They offer a lot of crazy teen adventure trips. Snorkling in Hawaii, back-packing in Australia. An old friend of mine did one and said it was amazing. I suggest you look into one, http://www.overlandsummers.com/
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