http://www.pathtorhythm.com/year-round-education-reform-are-summer-camps-endangered/ Drummer * Educator * Facilitator * Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:31:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pathtorhythm.com/year-round-education-reform-are-summer-camps-endangered/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Year Round School & Benefits for Summer Camps Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:00:05 +0000 http://www.pathtorhythm.com/?p=882#comment-152 [...] Year Round Education Reform: Are Summer Camps Endangered? by @pathtorhythm [...] [...] Year Round Education Reform: Are Summer Camps Endangered? by @pathtorhythm [...]

]]> http://www.pathtorhythm.com/year-round-education-reform-are-summer-camps-endangered/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Adam Issadore Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:40:48 +0000 http://www.pathtorhythm.com/?p=882#comment-149 Henry, I appreciate your points. Camp does provide opportunity for experiential learning. I enjoy hearing stories such as yours about valuable life experiences acquired at camp. Henry,
I appreciate your points. Camp does provide opportunity for experiential learning. I enjoy hearing stories such as yours about valuable life experiences acquired at camp.

]]> http://www.pathtorhythm.com/year-round-education-reform-are-summer-camps-endangered/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Henry Edwards Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:10:21 +0000 http://www.pathtorhythm.com/?p=882#comment-148 I fear that year-round school will destroy one of America's great cultural institutions: summer camp. As a child I spent fewer than two months at sleep away camp as a camper, and about two months as a counselor. However, in that relatively short time, my life was transformed. I gained independence and confidence that has served me the rest of my life. Camp experiences connected to nature in a way that my city-raised parents were incapable of facilitating. I was challenged in ways that I never was at home: cooking for myself, hiking through the woods, resolving conflicts with peers, etc. I have become a teacher because of camp. I became an avid naturalist because of camp. I hiked the Appalachian Trail and several other long-distance trails because of camp. And if America goes for year-round school then the thousands of sleep away camps across America will disappear. I say keep summer vacation but make camp available to all. If we see camp for what it is--one of the best educational experiences our children can have--and we fund it, we will being doing our children and our nation a great service. I fear that year-round school will destroy one of America’s great cultural institutions: summer camp. As a child I spent fewer than two months at sleep away camp as a camper, and about two months as a counselor. However, in that relatively short time, my life was transformed. I gained independence and confidence that has served me the rest of my life. Camp experiences connected to nature in a way that my city-raised parents were incapable of facilitating. I was challenged in ways that I never was at home: cooking for myself, hiking through the woods, resolving conflicts with peers, etc. I have become a teacher because of camp. I became an avid naturalist because of camp. I hiked the Appalachian Trail and several other long-distance trails because of camp. And if America goes for year-round school then the thousands of sleep away camps across America will disappear. I say keep summer vacation but make camp available to all. If we see camp for what it is–one of the best educational experiences our children can have–and we fund it, we will being doing our children and our nation a great service.

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