“Summer camp used to be a place people sent their
children hoping that when they came back from two weeks of hell, they’d be less
whiny and more appreciative of their parents. Summer camp wasn’t supposed to be
fun; it was a socially acceptable form of house arrest. It was a place you
couldn’t go crying to Mommy when bullies started working you over. It was a
place where you couldn’t get away from voracious mosquitoes, bad food,
extremely annoying forms of communal singing and storytellers determined to share
the wisdom of yore. Summer camp was supposed to be like real life, only
worse.”— Joe Queenan, “When Summer Camp Was No Fun,” The Wall Street Journal,
June 25-26, 2016Friday, July 8, 2016
Quote of the Day (Joe Queenan, on Summer Camp: ‘Like Real Life, Only Worse’)
“Summer camp used to be a place people sent their
children hoping that when they came back from two weeks of hell, they’d be less
whiny and more appreciative of their parents. Summer camp wasn’t supposed to be
fun; it was a socially acceptable form of house arrest. It was a place you
couldn’t go crying to Mommy when bullies started working you over. It was a
place where you couldn’t get away from voracious mosquitoes, bad food,
extremely annoying forms of communal singing and storytellers determined to share
the wisdom of yore. Summer camp was supposed to be like real life, only
worse.”— Joe Queenan, “When Summer Camp Was No Fun,” The Wall Street Journal,
June 25-26, 2016
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