What do you like about camp? I have asked many students this question. In the past years the most popular answer to that question was “the pep rally!” This time when I asked the question I got many different answers. However, a lot of those different answers all pointed to one: the teachers!
What is it about the teachers that make English in the Wild Summer Camp so great? The first word that I hear the students use to describe the teachers is caring. Nicole told me that the teachers care about her personally. The teachers listen to her and correct her English. They help her in English areas where she is weak. Raymond told me how much he appreciated all the hard work the teachers put into preparing the lessons. He commented that the classes are interesting and fun. He also mentioned that the teachers are interesting to talk to. He especially likes to talk to one teacher about history. It seems the students like to talk to the teachers after and between classes. One girl mentioned that her favorite time of the day is meal time. Not that the food is all that great but that she gets to spend time with the teachers and talk to them about many things, things that she is interested in. She feels that the teachers are friends as much as they are teachers. Another word that is commonly used to describe the teachers is “Crazy”.
Students with their teachers
Now most of the time teachers would not like students to say they are crazy but these teachers are not only crazy but like they also like it that way. The teachers dress up in very strange ways for the team Spirit Day. The reason is to set an example for the students. It seems the teachers know that if the students are relaxed and having fun they will learn. In the classroom setting the teachers are friendly and thoughtful but put them on the playground or in a pep rally they yell, jump, and try to win points for their classes.
So what makes the English in the Wild Summer Camp so great? The caring, hardworking, friendly, crazy teachers!
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