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Ideal for: anyone who has trouble filling a
summer holiday with worthwhile things - like living!
Job specifications: What’s worse than babysitting a bunch of spoiled kids
on a Saturday? Babysitting a bunch of spoiled kids over the entire summer.
You are trapped in a well-secluded ranch with about 40 brats whose parents
sent them over there precisely because they couldn’t stand them---and that
was their own flesh and blood! You sing really stupid songs like “Kumbaya”
and learn completely useless skills, like how to tie several kinds of knots.
There’s a chance that you may meet someone cute, but as most of the people
are below the age of 12, don’t hold your breath.
Drawbacks: While this kind of work experience looks good on your college
application, you are giving up the few months of freedom you really have to
be with very loud, very annoying kids who have eaten too many chocolate bars
and have made it their own special project to torment you. As the resident
adult, you are also expected to set a good example, so fun things like
getting drunk on the beach wit fellow camp counsellors is probably not a
good idea.
Perks: By the time your stint is over, you’ll have discovered how to make
smores, and appreciate the smaller pleasures of life: doors that lock,
hairdryers, and being far away from kids,
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