my hometown had a summer program where we watched kids from 8-5 while parents were at work, I was in charge of 8-10 year olds and thats the final year of kids being sweethearts before getting evil We played a lot of video games and basketball and chess
i got a job offer to counsel middle schoolers this summer and idt i can take it because i'd be making a lot less money and i'm soo bummed, i feel like this job would rock
i’m in school to hopefully go into medical lab science and work at a hospital, but during the summer i’m a camp counselor and during the halloween season i work at two different haunted houses/mazes. my counselor job is pretty much guaranteed for three months every year, but my haunting job was new for this past year and was one of the hardest things i’ve ever done. having people harass you, stalk you and freezing your ass off in a trailer is not for the faint of heart!!
I am a teacher and just came back from year 9 camp and honestly seeing Year 9 girls at the final night disco (lol) gather together in a circle and scream lyrics they love, whilst wearing crop tops and sweats, long hair everywhere, clutching at their hearts and each other and singing so dramatically and passionately I was like yeah, you guys are the best.
Also some of them are terrifyingly mean. They are able to shred my sense of self into ribbons with just one cunty response- but I kinda think that is great too.
I played outside every day. we had dial up internet so that wasn't much of an influence early on - my first email was an earthlink email and my first real internet exposure was AIM. What I really spent my days doing - I played tony hawk and tried to skateboard irl but sucked :), I bought pokemon card packs from "Golden Comics" and traded cards with neighbors, listened to CDs on a walkman on my front porch, stayed up late reading Harry Potter, and just hung out with friends all the time. Played pickup basketball games in our apt complex's basketball court and we all told stories of the mean old lady with a fenced in yard behind the court. Dont lose a ball over her fence or she'll shoot you if her dog doesnt get you first.
I didnt have a cell phone til sophmore year of highschool - and it was some old LG flip phone back when everyone cool had a razer. Me and my siblings would make home video / comedy movies all the time only for them to all get lost on some old bricked windows xp family computer 🥹
in other words, goated tbh