detassling corn was a great motivator for me Archived Message
Posted by Sounder on March 19, 2024, 15:13:21, in reply to "Same. I guess some kids did detassel corn. Almost the same!*"
it taught me what hard work was really like and really made he want to do well in school so that I would never have to do it again. Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message the world is way more accessible than it seemed like it was back then. Previous Message a class trip to Germany for the other. Previous Message - My daughter is doing a week of horse-camp. - My son is doing a week of football camp and a week of surf camp. We'll probably spend about 2 weeks in Tahoe and we'll just muddle through the rest.
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- Parents...it's about that time right? What camps (if any) did you sign your kid up for this summer? - haighter March 19, 2024, 12:28:33
- sports camps for 10 weeks, Banff for one, beach house for two* - bigbop85 March 19, 2024, 16:23:05
- Has anyone here sent their HS kid to any of the U of I engineering camps? - Herman Blume March 19, 2024, 14:31:40
- None, probably. - EffinIllini March 19, 2024, 14:15:48
- park district or sailing (exposed through park district lakefront camp)* - torinese March 19, 2024, 13:46:43
- Park district camp every week we're in town - ISeeDeadHawkeyes March 19, 2024, 13:45:13
- We've got a few weeks of ordinary City Parks camps. There's various versions you can take. - tvillini March 19, 2024, 13:37:31
- I signed Reggie up for axe throwing, tennis, and the drinking Olympics* - longsnapper March 19, 2024, 12:44:52
- i'd really like my kids to give camp ondessonk a try. but so far, we haven't signed any of them up - lcubed March 19, 2024, 12:43:35
- mini's going to either take Honors Pre Calc in a one-month intensive or take an enrichment class at - ATL March 19, 2024, 12:41:40
- My daughter will be back at Catalina Sea Camp running the 2 week program and helping with the 1 week - RSMBob March 19, 2024, 12:41:40
- My kids are getting older so "camps" are leadership conference at Georgetown for one and... - Tuscy March 19, 2024, 12:29:56
- man I wish I had access to that sort of thing when I was a kid - Sounder March 19, 2024, 12:33:24
- The closest I ever came to going to summer camp was one year when my mom allowed me - Philo March 19, 2024, 14:15:29
- Same. My kids have no idea. * - Tuscy March 19, 2024, 13:44:49
- Yeah, we had no concept of anything growing up in a small town* - reggiedunlop March 19, 2024, 12:38:49
- I went to weekend physics classes at fermi lab because I was super cool* - gvibes March 19, 2024, 15:36:49
- try that in a small town, amirite!!??!* - lcubed March 19, 2024, 14:41:50
- Same. I guess some kids did detassel corn. Almost the same!* - GhostofPokeyStixPast March 19, 2024, 14:40:56
- detassling corn was a great motivator for me - Sounder March 19, 2024, 15:13:21
- I had this same convo with my wife the other day. I had no idea this stuff even existed* - CWR10 March 19, 2024, 12:47:07
- I went to soccer camp at ISU - Sounder March 19, 2024, 12:46:21
- I grew up in a smallish place but our school had access to programs at Johns Hopkins and the USNA - ATL March 19, 2024, 12:44:53
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