Classes

I really liked Nature’s classroom. We were there Monday through Thursday and I say overall, it was pretty fun. I had some homesickness but I got over it. My favorite thing to do was make H20 rockets. My rocket was named BVB (after Black Veil Brides) and I made it with Caidin and Bella (some of my classmates.) It was really fun to make them and to shoot them up into the air. I also watched a squid get dissected. I also got to see and touch everything in the squid.

I really liked field groups. Field group is something that you do in the morning, and it’s usually a hike and a game. My field group leader was Garrett a.k.a. Carrot. He took us off trail and we usually played games instead of hiking. Also he told very good stories and he thought that carrots and celery was dessert. My favorite activity to do was probably free time that we between classes and meals. In my bunk was Olivia, Annie, Olive, Eden and Joanie. We discussed how tired we were and how fun our classes were.

Overall I had a very fun time at Nature’s Classroom. The meals were good, even though you were assigned a table. At my table was Anna, Audrey, Eden and Justin and in my personal opinion that’s a pretty good table. The one bad side is that you can’t contact your parents, or listen to music. When I got home I blasted my music. I was never so happy to hear Andy Biersack’s voice that day. I would rate the trip a 9/10 and it would be a 10/10 if you could listen to music.

A few weeks ago, the 6th and 7th graders went to a place called Nature’s Classroom where we stayed for a week. I had an amazing amount of fun there, and here are a few of my all time favorite things and experiences.

One of my favorite aspects of the entire experience was the counselors. We went to a place in Massachusetts, and I really enjoyed spending time with them. The head of the place, homeslice, was really funny and cool, and my field group leader, Griffin, had some fun ideas. I especially liked our skit for Thursday Night live (TNL), in which I got to act like a sloth and go very slowly. Our teachers also performed a skit, which I found more entertaining than all of the other skits. I think Thursday night live was my favorite activity, although the other activities were great as well. I also will not forget all of the other counselors, who performed funny skits in TNL, provided entertaining moments in all of the meals, and had some exciting classes.

Another thing I will miss is the classes and field groups. They ranged from building bridges out of spaghetti (something I did not do too well at after defying the rules of, “use triangles to make it stronger”), to the Poop Olympics (don’t turn away because of the name, it is a great class). They all made me think and taught me something. Classes like this, where I got to be hands on, were really effective because that is how I process information best. I wish I could do an egg drop every day!

Although there are so many things that I’ll miss (for instance, the dining hall, the jokes, the beautiful grounds, and more), the last things that I will miss the most are the food and the bunks. The food there was much better than a lot of the things I eat at home. Everything was different each day, and even if I couldn’t or didn’t want to eat any of the main courses there was always some sort of substitute. I’ll also miss the bunks, partly because I have never slept in that sort of situation before and partly because it was so fun to sleep in a bunk. I loved my bunch, and it was nice and clean (except for when all of my stuff was on it.)

All in all, this was one of the best weeks in the school year, and I can’t wait to do it again next year!