Masks…
I am in shock with the amount of masks kids put on. I knew there were a few each kid had. But this last week in Colorado has shown me they have closets and closets full of masks to hide behind.
We took a few of these masks away during the week of camp, iPods, cellphones, PSPs, etc.  The whole bus ride out to camp, was fighting, bickering, just unhappy people exchanging words between txt msgs or songs. Upon reaching the camp, we collected each of them. Or attempted to. Kids are stashing them in each others bags to hide them away cause they need them so bad.
Once they were free from the thought of not getting them back until the trip home, they actually began to experience each other. The 33 students who were cliqued up in the bus all actually got to know each other for who they are and not for the fact they were being too loud and having that define the person.
Could you imagine a camp with kids walking around with earbuds in and text-messaging all day with no real conversations? Kinda sounds like it is in their real world.
Sad note.. As soon as the electronics were passed back. Almost instantly they reverted back to fighting about seats, about txt messages that so and so sent them while they were gone and how they got screwed becuase they couldn't response. We didnt let them recharge anything.. So once they died out.. Real conversations were had…
E this entry is so right on- watching kids today is so sad no one can play simple games, have simple lemonade stands and just sit and have one another as their own company. They are getting more and more self involved and so disrespectful of adult figures- little kids should not have cell phones- they should be forced to talk face to face.
Great entry- so sad but so true-