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1. You’ll never complain about living in a crappy dorm or apartment after living in one of these for two months
2. If you can get a bunch of ten year olds to clean a bathroom without any complaints, you can motivate anyone to do anything
3. There's no better way to gain confidence with public speaking then making a fool out of yourself singing crazy camp songs
4. If you don’t have something you need, you learn how to improvise. Fast.
5. No one operates on limited sleep like a camp counselor
6. Lack of privacy ain’t no thang to you
7. You will clean messes some could only imagine in their wildest dreams
8. You do all this without any real formal recognition
9. You learn the true art of humility whilst being surrounded by campers who adore you
10. And become an expert at helping kids who are missing home
11. Or being bullied
12. Or dealing with stuff you could never even imagine
13. But you do it with a smile on your face
14. Even though sometimes you look completely INSANE
15. But you learn to embrace your quirks and strangeness
16. And sometimes even teach kids to embrace theirs
17. Despite all this craziness, parents trust you with their kids
18. Even when they’re doing things like this
19. Or this
20. Or this
21. Even more than that, you learn to trust yourself
22. Not that you're ever on your own, you always have an army of fellow staff to back you
23. Though you would never brag about any of these things
24. It's just all in a days work.
25. And you don’t need any praise or encouragement to know that what you do matters.
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