Sunday, August 9, 2009

finished


All the Green Camps I volunteered myself for this summer, are finished. I don't know how many times I sang Boom Chica Boom - like a monkey, like a chicken, like a soldier, like a pirate, like a crazy bus driver - but it went down really well and the kids had a great time. I think it's really important to demonstrate to the Armenian youth that being silly is OK. That thinking creatively is more important than just being right. I've seen the inside of the schools here, and they can be scary. It's a system of dominance, fear, and embarrassment that only praises children who can memorize things quickly. I believe in these camps. I think they educate and inspire. And that is something to place some value in.

1 comment:

Patrick Cavan Brown said...

I can't remember... have you ever read Boy's LIfe? This book keeps popping into my head every 5 minutes lately... the first few pages are reminiscent of this post...