I am a camp counselor for the next two weeks, although I have today and tomorrow off because I have to fly to a conference in Texas. I won’t say what camp because I don’t think it’s a good idea, but I just want to let you know that you should be weary of the camps you send your kids to. When the kids started checking in on Sunday, they were asking what cabin they were supposed to sleep in. None of the counselors had been given a list of cabin assignments, so we asked the camp director. He said that it didn’t matter because they would all be sleeping in whichever cabin and bed they wanted to by the end of camp. Okay, it’s a little unorthodox, but I can deal with that. So I said, well, which are for the boys and which are for the girls? Surely they’re not sleeping in the same cabins. They’re juniors and seniors in high school, and this man is surely smart enough to know that hormonal teenagers should not be living in coed cabins. He said that it didn’t matter! They could all share whatever cabins however they wanted!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

Luckily, I was there and I rounded up the other counselors and I told them this just was not acceptable. The orange cabin is for the boys and the green cabin is for the girls. If I am responsible for these kids, they won’t be sleeping together under my watch. I don’t really feel like getting in trouble because some high school girl got pregnant at camp. Also, it increases the odds of rape and other things. Maybe some of you don’t mind if your kids get pregnant at summer camp. As the counselor, I do. I’m just surprised that the camp director seems to be indifferent.