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Dear Love
& Learn,
I've never
written to you guys before, but I feel that this question
is in my own area of expertise and I'd like to throw in
my two cents worth.
I
Was a Camp Counselor
I spent
four summers as a camp counselor during high school (I'm
23 now), and I'm 99% sure I know exactly what's going on
here. Even if this question was about plain ol' camping
and not 'summer camp', this can still apply. First
of all, if the answers of Alicia
and the guest (Queenie?) were
combined, they'd be pretty much on target.
Anyway,
what's happening here is a combination of three things,
the first being the most significant:
- At summer
camp, the majority of teenagers equipped with a healthy
supply of hormones become horny as hell, especially
the boys.
- There
is a much smaller pool of people to choose from
than at school, i.e. the average girls at school become
the hotties at camp.
-
At camp,
it's super easy and tempting to ditch your usual persona
and adopt a wild and free one.
And as far as attractiveness goes, wild and free is more
attractive to most people than goody-goodiness is, even
if they come in similar physical packages.
Unfortunately
(referring to points 2 and 3), when you go back to school,
you pretty much have to be your old self and accept
your old social status again. It's a crappy adjustment
to have to make, but with a little logic it shouldn't blow
someone's self-esteem.
P.S
There are a growing number of adult summer camps out there...
the above applies to them as well, not just teens!
(I'm basing this on what I've been told.) For example,
see the movie "Indian Summer". Sorry to be so
long-winded.
– Dreen
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