<p>i just got back from girls state california 09 it was a cool experience but it was not life changing how everybody claims. there was a lot of nice girls. howver the final day of the camp it felt like if they were trying to brain wash us into supporting the war. they did this presentation about the lue star banner and showed us a video about soldiers. they made it seem like if they were the saviours of our freedom, the heroes of our nations, etc. it was nothing but war propaganda. not once did they evr mention the other side of the story about war. it was just dumb. basically if your not pro-war ur not going to like it at the end. evrybody there seemed to love their country and jesus way too much. they also did not touch on the subject about abortion, and everybody claimed they were ok with gays and that they should have equal rights with everybody in a civil union but that they should not have the right to call their union a marraige. yes thats how it was. sounds pretty ridiculous right? anyways the point is its ok… it can get boring because all we do is learn about state government… howver the debates were really interesting, some girls were very well educated while others were just plain ignorant… you make good friends there, but not friends that will last a life time.</p>