INNER BEAST
I attribute my lot in life largely due to Summer Camp (Camp Champions in particular) and Boy Scouts (after being raised right by my Parents of course).
Education certainly played an important role, but takes a *very* distant 4th place after Family/Camp/Scouts (in that order).
Why I, to-this-day, put priority on both my Boys going to Camp Champions and being involved with Boy Scouts.
School teaches the disciplines (Language, Maths, Science, Arts, etc...), at a cost towards conformity in the method of which it is taught ("the nail that sticks out gets hammered down").
Summer Camp on the other hand takes a Hammer to the nail and RAISES IT OUT OF THE WOOD just enough to teach the Campers that thinking outside the box is alright and even encouraged I.e. unleashes the (good) 'Inner Beast' in all of us...
...picture of Austin literally showing his Inner Beast at Dinner (it was Dance Night that evening and the theme was "Monster Mash"!) ;-)
Camp Champions, Texas.
INNER BEAST
I attribute my lot in life largely due to Summer Camp (Camp Champions in particular) and Boy Scouts (after being raised right by my Parents of course).
Education certainly played an important role, but takes a *very* distant 4th place after Family/Camp/Scouts (in that order).
Why I, to-this-day, put priority on both my Boys going to Camp Champions and being involved with Boy Scouts.
School teaches the disciplines (Language, Maths, Science, Arts, etc...), at a cost towards conformity in the method of which it is taught ("the nail that sticks out gets hammered down").
Summer Camp on the other hand takes a Hammer to the nail and RAISES IT OUT OF THE WOOD just enough to teach the Campers that thinking outside the box is alright and even encouraged I.e. unleashes the (good) 'Inner Beast' in all of us...
...picture of Austin literally showing his Inner Beast at Dinner (it was Dance Night that evening and the theme was "Monster Mash"!) ;-)
Camp Champions, Texas.