Why I Want to go to Wellspring Camp
Last summer I went to a YMCA camp in Tennessee. Everyone, including me, loved it there. This camp was at a lake, so a lot of activities were in the water. A favorite activity was called "The Blob," which was basically a huge inflated balloon on the water that was connected to a ladder, which was connected to a bigger part which had a slide on one side. At the front was about an eight-foot jump to the Blob. If you wanted to be launched into the air by someone else jumping on the Blob, you would crawl to the front. This was the part that was hard for me, almost devastating. I saw my friend be launched about twenty feet in the air by someone, and it looked like so much fun. On that first day I tried about five times to go to the edge, but I never made it. Every single time I couldn't pull myself up. I kept trying throughout the week at camp, persevering as long as I could, but I finally had to give up. I think this problem was caused by my weight.
Sometimes I feel like I myself am a Blob. Many people at school call me names that make me think this. I know that I am not a Blob but it is sometimes hard to remember that. When I look at myself in the mirror, I feel like someone I am not. When I was younger, I was able to do things that everyone else could, but that was when I lived in the country in Oregon. When I moved to the city, I didn't get as much exercise, and things slowly got bad. I go to a magnet school with a lot of homework, which means I'm sitting a lot. The movie Supersize Me inspired me to avoid fast food restaurants, and I'm exercising more at a gym that my family joined. But I'm still not losing weight, and I need help.
Almost everyone at school thinks I have a nice personality, but still they make fun of me as if they think it won't bother me. I want to go to a camp where I can do all the activities and where the other kids know what it is like to be overweight. If you've ever read the book Holes, you would know that Stanley, the main character, dreams about going to Camp Fun and Games, and he too was overweight, and he was made fun of by everyone at school. I think if I go to Wellspring Camp, it would be like going to Camp Fun and Games, then because of camp, I would have a chance to think better of myself. And I'm sure when I lose weight from this camp, I would be able to go back to the lake at that other camp, and climb right up on the Blob like everyone else. Also, people will stop making fun of me. By going to camp, I'll be able to conquer the Blob in more ways than one.
Last summer I went to a YMCA camp in Tennessee. Everyone, including me, loved it there. This camp was at a lake, so a lot of activities were in the water. A favorite activity was called "The Blob," which was basically a huge inflated balloon on the water that was connected to a ladder, which was connected to a bigger part which had a slide on one side. At the front was about an eight-foot jump to the Blob. If you wanted to be launched into the air by someone else jumping on the Blob, you would crawl to the front. This was the part that was hard for me, almost devastating. I saw my friend be launched about twenty feet in the air by someone, and it looked like so much fun. On that first day I tried about five times to go to the edge, but I never made it. Every single time I couldn't pull myself up. I kept trying throughout the week at camp, persevering as long as I could, but I finally had to give up. I think this problem was caused by my weight.
Sometimes I feel like I myself am a Blob. Many people at school call me names that make me think this. I know that I am not a Blob but it is sometimes hard to remember that. When I look at myself in the mirror, I feel like someone I am not. When I was younger, I was able to do things that everyone else could, but that was when I lived in the country in Oregon. When I moved to the city, I didn't get as much exercise, and things slowly got bad. I go to a magnet school with a lot of homework, which means I'm sitting a lot. The movie Supersize Me inspired me to avoid fast food restaurants, and I'm exercising more at a gym that my family joined. But I'm still not losing weight, and I need help.
Almost everyone at school thinks I have a nice personality, but still they make fun of me as if they think it won't bother me. I want to go to a camp where I can do all the activities and where the other kids know what it is like to be overweight. If you've ever read the book Holes, you would know that Stanley, the main character, dreams about going to Camp Fun and Games, and he too was overweight, and he was made fun of by everyone at school. I think if I go to Wellspring Camp, it would be like going to Camp Fun and Games, then because of camp, I would have a chance to think better of myself. And I'm sure when I lose weight from this camp, I would be able to go back to the lake at that other camp, and climb right up on the Blob like everyone else. Also, people will stop making fun of me. By going to camp, I'll be able to conquer the Blob in more ways than one.
