Can summer camps revive the lost art of letter writing?
28.07.10
The practice of placing colored pencil on paper notebook is "old," said Ruby Auman, 11, swinging her legs from his bed in white wood, where the wall is lined with a printed ink "of course I thinking of you "response from his mother of 2 ½ hours away in Lewisburg, Pa." But this is not old while you're here. "
Camp is not only fun
One reason to exchange a life of zip files to a zip-lines is to conduct face-to-face - and a ballpoint pen - communication, says Darlene Calton, Netimus director (and former student)."There are so many life lessons your little camp not necessarily learn to climb the ropes course. This is writing letters and solve problems by yourself" - instead of sending SMS or call the parents and friends of every five minutes to seek advice or to evacuate.
For two a campervan Netimus seven-week stay, directors encourage at least one letter home a week, although girls could write three more prolific day. Cell phones are considered contraband if they slip, it is a journey into the camp office. And computers are as exotic as the boys.
Source: USA Today