MWF
12–1250: German 211, Intermediate German I, Frau Pleasant
1–150: History 348, The Great Depression, Dr. Kirkwood
2–250: World Lit 223, World Classics, Professor Bone
MW 5–550: Music 230, Women's Chorus, Dr. Malfatti
TTh
930–1045: Religion 212H, Living World Religions Honors, Dr. Oliver
(T 215–245: German Discussion)
SMTW
12 hours/week: Writing 494, Crescent (newspaper) copy editor
[EDIT: October 2008:
SMTWTh
17 hours/week: Writing 494, Crescent copy editor coordinator]
So far, all of these are wonderful, but difficult. German is a huge jump, history is history, world lit is excellent, religion might be my favorite. The newspaper consumes my life, but it also gives me 400-level writing credit. I am excited about singing again. I love you all.
28 August 2008
Sometimes Things Don't Happen.
Like my plan to describe in detail the remaining four weeks of my summer at Lakeshore before classes start. Well they started yesterday, and I just don't think it's going to happen. There is already so much to do. But for my own memory at least, some highlights.
The week after Texas, Jr./Sr. High Arts and Crafts, we stayed in Hopper Lodge which is a five-star hotel compared to Wilderness. With my co Jessica Stevens I counseled eight 12-16-year-olds who were, for the most part, better at art than I am. One, Abigail, is now my dear friend, having been only a couple of years my junior. She goes to high school where Annebel's Emily went. Olivia and Mary-Page (MP was not mine), among others, were spectacular. I also had Meghan, Audrey, Amber, Eve, Amanda, and Shelly. At the talent show I sang the recycling song from Rocko's Modern Life. There were two male counselors and two male campers. It was wonderful. God Made Lakeshore.
Junior High II followed. It was huge in comparison to the 18 and 22 campers at my previous weeks, with about 90. In Cabin 3 with Becca Taylor I had ten girls, and we all wrote "Cabin III Needs No RC" on our fuzzy bags. Amelia should be my little sister, and Ellen too. Payden, Meredith, Lauren, Margy, Shea, Savannah, Rachel, and AE. Though not in my cabin, Tennison from wilderness was back and still excellent. This week aquatics director Abbie Myers and I started to become best friends. On Friday Becca nearly broke her nose when she got a camper-head to the face in water polo. She went to the hospital and Lisa Elder saved my life by being my substitute co. At worship that night we did an anointing. I was terrified.
At Jr. High Music and Drama my co was in her fifties. She meant well but there was only so much she could do to relate to the 12-year olds, and she treated them like little kids, skipped the beach party, and never told me what she was doing. Mostly I took over and just let her follow us around. With only six girls I didn't need her. So that was stressful, not to mention the dean had not a clue what he was doing. Nevertheless it was a glorious week, and I had two of my friends' little sisters in H12, Isabelle and Samantha. Also Lucy, Mattie, Maddie, and Mary Parker. Eva, who was at Arts and Crafts, came back for M&D. I co-led Creative Writing and Theatre groups, and my actors did the Everything Scene that you can find performed very cheesily on YouTube. One night very late Katy Jeffrey and I drew pictures and stifled our laughter for an hour.
My last week was hard. Junior High III had 147 kids and way too many of them wanted to cause trouble. One got sent home for cussing out the dean, and even though Megan Jones and I did our darndest to get them to bond, our cabin hated each other until Thursday when we had to have a cabin meeting with Jana. The most boy-crazy girl I've ever met, incredible miscommunication, missing campers, strife, d to the r to the a-m-a. But it was also a huge learning experience, and after Thursday morning their problems melted into a relatively happy cabin unit. I had some of the most mature campers I've come across. What happens in the circle stays in the circle.
When I went back to Memphis the day after that camp ended I felt like I was leaving home. I cannot wait to maybe hopefully be on staff next summer. What a good place.
The week after Texas, Jr./Sr. High Arts and Crafts, we stayed in Hopper Lodge which is a five-star hotel compared to Wilderness. With my co Jessica Stevens I counseled eight 12-16-year-olds who were, for the most part, better at art than I am. One, Abigail, is now my dear friend, having been only a couple of years my junior. She goes to high school where Annebel's Emily went. Olivia and Mary-Page (MP was not mine), among others, were spectacular. I also had Meghan, Audrey, Amber, Eve, Amanda, and Shelly. At the talent show I sang the recycling song from Rocko's Modern Life. There were two male counselors and two male campers. It was wonderful. God Made Lakeshore.
Junior High II followed. It was huge in comparison to the 18 and 22 campers at my previous weeks, with about 90. In Cabin 3 with Becca Taylor I had ten girls, and we all wrote "Cabin III Needs No RC" on our fuzzy bags. Amelia should be my little sister, and Ellen too. Payden, Meredith, Lauren, Margy, Shea, Savannah, Rachel, and AE. Though not in my cabin, Tennison from wilderness was back and still excellent. This week aquatics director Abbie Myers and I started to become best friends. On Friday Becca nearly broke her nose when she got a camper-head to the face in water polo. She went to the hospital and Lisa Elder saved my life by being my substitute co. At worship that night we did an anointing. I was terrified.
At Jr. High Music and Drama my co was in her fifties. She meant well but there was only so much she could do to relate to the 12-year olds, and she treated them like little kids, skipped the beach party, and never told me what she was doing. Mostly I took over and just let her follow us around. With only six girls I didn't need her. So that was stressful, not to mention the dean had not a clue what he was doing. Nevertheless it was a glorious week, and I had two of my friends' little sisters in H12, Isabelle and Samantha. Also Lucy, Mattie, Maddie, and Mary Parker. Eva, who was at Arts and Crafts, came back for M&D. I co-led Creative Writing and Theatre groups, and my actors did the Everything Scene that you can find performed very cheesily on YouTube. One night very late Katy Jeffrey and I drew pictures and stifled our laughter for an hour.
My last week was hard. Junior High III had 147 kids and way too many of them wanted to cause trouble. One got sent home for cussing out the dean, and even though Megan Jones and I did our darndest to get them to bond, our cabin hated each other until Thursday when we had to have a cabin meeting with Jana. The most boy-crazy girl I've ever met, incredible miscommunication, missing campers, strife, d to the r to the a-m-a. But it was also a huge learning experience, and after Thursday morning their problems melted into a relatively happy cabin unit. I had some of the most mature campers I've come across. What happens in the circle stays in the circle.
When I went back to Memphis the day after that camp ended I felt like I was leaving home. I cannot wait to maybe hopefully be on staff next summer. What a good place.
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