Sometimes things don’t go as planned, but that doesn’t mean they can’t still be wonderful in their own way. My parents and I had spent forever researching summer camps online. Finally, we picked out one where I could design games, animate (制作动画) characters, and learn other cool coding (编程) stuff.
My mom said, “I like the idea of you exercising that clever brain of yours. But I also want you to get plenty of fresh air.” “Campers can choose to hike or swim every afternoon!” I said, as I clicked on the registration form.
My dad filled out the form, and weeks later, my parents dropped me off for what I thought would be a week of nonstop computer-coding fun.
I arrived at the check-in table at the same time as a camper of my age named Halley, who was wearing an adorable sunhat. Halley greeted, “We are in the same group - number 7.” Led by an advisor, we followed the green arrows to the campsite.
I surprisedly found that it was so cool and woodsy along the path. I exchanged ideas with Halley about what might come out of the camp. Halley excitedly mentioned the little animals he loved to observe and something about night sky watching.
“You gave me the best idea,” I said. “I’ll base my characters on the animals you mentioned!” Halley laughed. “I might be missing something here. Who are these mysterious characters?”
“You know, the characters we’ll be designing and animating on computers this week!” I said. “Uh, sorry. Still lost,” said Halley. “Why would we be doing computer stuff at Nature Camp?”
It was then that I realised some errors must have been made. I must have accidentally clicked on the wrong online form! We immediately raced back to the welcome table to see if I could switch over to Tech Camp, but of course it was completely full.
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I forced a smile as we headed for our campsite.
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I believe that all humans are similar but we are all blind to this idea due to cultures, religions, and appearances that all form wrong ideas separating us as humans.
I recently had to privilege to travel to Africa. This trip allowed me to see a lot more of the world than most students my age. Two years ago, a week after completing my second year in high school I flew to Nairobi, Africa. This day on June 11, 2011 I did not know what to expect.
As a culturally blinded prep school student I stepped off a plane after an exhausting twenty-three hours of sitting. I was immediately exposed to an unknown world. The language as well as skin colors, facial expressions, clothing styles, and the atmosphere changed as a whole.
I was expecting this trip to create huge distinctions between the people of Africa and myself. I learned the total opposite. On the first day I bonded with the school children; I played a soccer game filled with laughter, raced between schoolhouses until our legs gave out and wouldn’t let us run anymore, and hopped in a jump rope contest with a group of enthusiastic girls. When I managed to escape from the lively children and their exciting games, I attempted to make sense of what I had just experienced. My brain was filled with various thoughts, until a little girl with smooth skin, shaved head, and a torn blue and green sweater walked over and hesitantly grasped my wrist. She inspected my hands and rubbed my fingernails. She let my hands drop and she looked at her own with the same attentiveness. Her eyes rose as she began to evaluate my face. I sat down on the earth so that we were eye level and likely for interaction. She then ran her hands through my curly hair and placed her hands on her own head. Then she looked into my eyes; I looked back into hers. Charmed in the moment, I tickled(挠) her stomach, although we were both a stranger to each other. Immediately the school bell rang, she released a smile and ran towards her classroom.
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I watched this adolescent girl as she ran carefree towards her teachers and classmates just as I did when I was in elementary school. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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This was an eye-opening experience that changed the way I see people nowadays.
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The first day back in the school gym after summer break had always felt so right. But as the sixth graders appeared, walking lazily, I felt uneasy. None of the old greetings with high-fives or pats on the shoulder for jobs well done. Long summer break wasn't going to help me feel connected to the kids in the way I was used to. My confidence as a teacher had taken a hit, and I was trying to get back on my game. I hoped the kids couldn't tell.
“Let's take our places!” I called out, making sure to speak clearly. “Six feet apart, everybody. Keep six feet apart.” Awkwardness couldn't begin to describe how I'd felt when all this first started.
“Okay, guys,” I called out, “let's do our warm-up.” These sixth graders knew my routine, at least. I felt a little more comfortable knowing we had a history. Many of them had been my students since first grade. And then I noticed a kid I'd taught since second grade.
“Wow, buddy,” I said, walking his way. “Looks like you lost some weight?”
Owen looked down at himself and shrugged. “I played some baseball over the summer,” he said. Owen was an athletic kid, but I wondered how much baseball he had played in the heat to turn him into skin and bones. Otherwise he seemed like the boy I knew, and he said everything was fine.
We spent the first week of lessons on outdoor soccer. We traveled through circuit training stations doing push-ups and sit-ups.
Monday morning, I stood in front of three wide rows of sixth graders sitting cross-legged on the hardwood floor. We'd played a rousing game of soccer, but they were still bursting with energy. All except Owen, whose eyes were closed. His chin touched his chest. He'd nodded off, right here in gym class. Something wasn't right.
I called Owen's mother, asking cautiously, “Have you noticed Owen being thirstier than usual? They're signs of diabetes (糖尿病) . He should see a doctor today.”
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Owen's mother took my advice.
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“Swimmers, take your marks!”
A beep signaled the start of the race, Tara dove into the pool, beginning her first IM (个人混合泳).Despite being a strong swimmer, the thought of the IM had made her nervous all morning. Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke (蛙泳), and freestyle. She’d been repeating the order in her head all morning, but had messed it up several times in practice.
Tara burst through the water, starting with the butterfly stroke. Soon, she touched the wall and made a swift turn, pushing off hard. She did one frog kick and drew her arms under the water for the breaststroke, then quickly turned over to her back. Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle. She knew the order, but she’d messed up again. Had the officials seen her mistake?
Tara smoothly completed her backstroke lap, then the breaststroke. She moved ahead, and kept the lead through the freestyle lap, scoring a comfortable win. She looked up at the scoreboard. The results listed her as the winner. Would that hold up after her mistake?
A few minutes later, the announce r read the results. Tara had been disqualified, meaning she’d scored none for her team. “Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, I knew the order” Tara muttered as she prepared for the final relay.
Each of the four relay members would complete one lap of the 25-meter pool, and all would swim freestyle. As the final swimmer, Tara had an opportunity to make up for the disqualification.
The first swimmers for each team were lined up at the end of the pool, shaking out their arms and legs as they loosened up. Tara reached her arms to the sides and gently swung them. All set, she thought.
Tara’s teammates swam well. After two lengths of the pool, they had a small lead. But the third swimmer fell back a bit. As the leader approached the wall, Tara’s teammate Hannah was slightly behind. “Come on, come on!” Tara whispered. She leaned forward, ready to spring as soon as Hannah touched the wall.
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Soon after the leader dived into the pool, Tara did too.
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Tara looked at her teammates, who were celebrating their second-place finish.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Jose’s father died when he was 9 and his mother has barely earned enough to pay the family bills. The dropout rate of the school he attended was high because there were lots of kids from fatherless homes with no money. But Jose was different. He tried to find jobs mowing lawns and delivering newspaper to help his family. He also excelled in math and art at school. He wanted to be a remarkable man.
What Jose expected most was the Boy Scout meeting every Wednesday afternoon. Their scoutmaster, George guided the troop to learn how to give VCR, treat snake bites and identify plants. They climbed at Camp Cherokee and attended the National Scout Jamboree in Virginia. George kept close to the kids. He knew their struggles and wishes. He often dug into his pocket when one of them needed a little extra money. He led the troop with a gentle hand, encouraged them but let the boys find their own way forward. He always said to the boys, “I have always been here for you.” “He was a father figure watching over me,” said Jose. He worshiped George and practiced hard, hoping to win an Eagle Scout badge just like his scoutmaster.
But at the start of his junior year, his family faced a crisis: Maria could not find enough work to keep them from losing their apartment. Besides mowing lawns and delivering newspaper, Jose had to take an afternoon job cleaning offices and one at night making microchips at the manufacturing plant. There was no time left for homework, little for sleep. He missed classes and the weekly Boy Scout meeting. For the first time, his grades slipped.
George sensed the change. “Why are you skipping meetings?” he asked and Jose would only say he had too much work to do.
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George learnt about the real cause when another Scout mentioned it.
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Jose responded to George’s concern with his grades rising gradually and his enthusiasm for Scouting.
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A group of boys ran to small parts of mud to play. I joined them. One boy held up a worm(蠕虫), and with an extremely strong pull, he tore the poor creature in half.
How could anyone be so cruel? I ran to the nearest playground supervisor(主管人)to report the incident. The supervisor sighed and waved me away. Something had to be done.
When I returned to the mud, I inspected the two halves of the worm and was astonished to find that they were still moving. I quickly picked up the worms and a little extra dirt and put them into my jeans pocket.
A few minutes before lunch, I tiptoed to the bin that held the class’s lunch boxes, looking for the one that belonged to the Worm Ripper, the boy who had torn the worm cruelly. Fortunately for me, I recognized it immediately. I looked behind me to be sure no one saw me before slipping the worm pieces inside the plastic baggie that held his apple slices.
I held my breath as the Worm Ripper pulled the apple slices from his lunchbox. When he noticed the worm, he let out a sharp cry, which brought the lunchroom supervisors to him.
I should’ve felt triumphant(大获全胜的). Instead, my heart pounded in my chest. I knew what I had to do. I walked up to lunch supervisors and admitted, “It was me! I put the worm in his lunchbox.”
The Worm Ripper glared in my direction. One supervisor rubbed his back to comfort him, while the other ordered me to go to the headmistress’s office.
Headmistress Lehrer was a strict old woman. My best friend Ricky said she would look students in the eye, making them tell her everything bad they had ever done. Then they were punished by writing apologies until their hands fell off. I expected to at least receive a severe scolding(训斥).
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After I told her the truth, with a kind of strange smile on her lips, she went down on her knees.
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The next day, not allowed to go out for break, I stared out and watched a boy by the mud pile picking up a worm.
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My daughter always loved small toys. She carried a little purse with them in it. When my daughter was about three years old, the movie Bambi was re-released. It became her favourite movie. Then her favourite toys became all the Bambi characters: Thumper, the rabbit; the wise, old owl; and, most especially, Bambi, the fawn (小鹿).
One day, when I got home from work, a tragedy (悲剧) had happened to Bambi. He had lost two of his four legs to our dog, who had picked up the toy and chewed the legs to bits. I tried to make all the legs the same size because my daughter’s worry was that Bambi couldn’t walk now. So, I “operated” on Bambi and bandaged (用绷带包扎) his legs so they would “heal”. As a nurse, that was the only thing I could think of to make her feel better about her constant companion. My daughter was very disappointed that I couldn’t make Bambi all better because that is what mums do, especially mums who are nurses. The next day, I went to work, and the mother of one of the kids asked me how I had enjoyed my time off. She had a child who was seriously ill. She listened as I told her about the Bambi tragedy and smiled. She said her — girls were very attached to a few things, and she understood my daughter’s heartbreak. She told me that one of her daughters had loved a stuffed animal that fell apart, and someone had made her a new one just like the old one. It was lying on the bed next to the tiny girl who was my patient. I had observed how she loved her stuffed animal, and in fact we made sure her animal had an oxygen mask just like hers.
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Her mum told me, “I think I have one of those Bambi toys at home.”
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When I returned to work, a package was waiting for me.
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