Blog Post #1

( Ms. Jarrett- I posted this on your blog when mine wasn't working but now its on mine!)


I have read the book Pine Nuts for this blog. This past summer I went to a somewhat well known arts camp in Michigan. The book Pine Nuts was written by a former camper, who became a counselor. In the book he remincses on his times as a counselor. I found it so interesting how not much has changed since the era of the book (1970's). One thing the author wrote about which paralled my experiences was how high the competition was. As said in the book many of the people went on to be famous, and there work ethics mirrored there striving to be famous. There were many instances where the author would write about someone, and then say later they went on to be famous. It makes me think about my experiences and the people I met- and what they will accomplish in their futures. Another thing the author wrote about was the competition between all-state and the all summer long campers. The competition is still there today, which is another thing i compared to my experiences. On page 70 it says " One afternoon, Sheldon came into the cabin and said, ' Okay, listen up guys... I've got some really good news' ' Camp is discontinuing any form of sports and no longer putting saltpepper into our foods?' eric snorted." The camper Eric replies in hopes that they will no longer have to do sports. Since the camp is an arts camp, I just think it's funny how any form of sport is extraordinarily unwanted. Reading this book was lot’s of fun to see the story from a perspective of a counselor, and see how things really haven’t changed in around 30 years.