Should summer be relaxing or exciting?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>I posted something like this in the Summer forum a while ago, but I think I’d get more responses here. </p>

<p>Okay… This summer, I have a week long scuba vacation and a ten-day long mission trip. However, the remainder of my summer has about two days to decide itself. I applied to an arts camp, Interlochen, for creative writing (with a drawing elective). It’s a bit expensive and three weeks long, and while I adore writing and would love to do so in a setting as beautiful as Interlochen’s wooded lakes, surrounded by brilliant peers. </p>

<p>My problem comes from that little nagging voice inside. I’m moving closer to the heart of the small town I live in, and this year (I’m a high school freshman), I’ve really opened up my social circle and let a lot of fellow townies in. There’s definately a part of me that wants to eat Popsicles by the pool and play crappy video games in hyper-air-conditioned houses. I want to write but I don’t want a summer that’s too crowded. Also, if I don’t go to Interlochen, I can’t go to NY with my friend or see some really fun concerts. Okay, so I’m letting the little things get to me…</p>

<p>See, last summer I went to a three week camp as well, and I also had a week-long vacation. I did feel like my summer was a little shorter than I would have liked, but it was definately exciting. But at the same time, I didn’t have a whole town to walk around in last summer, and my group of friends was a lot smaller. I guess I feel like I have the typical teen summer (and in some ways, last–next summer, my French class is going to France and I would love to do a creative writing camp then, as well) in my grasp, which is something I’ve never really had. </p>

<p>At the same time, I love love love writing and at a marvelous time at another camp for creative writing last summer. My mom’s a bit bitter about the cost of the camp, because I was a little late applying and she didn’t feel I was excited enough about it. My forms are mostly filled out now, ready to be mailed, and I don’t know how I would approach her if I decided not to go. </p>

<p>Okay, so if you read all that, congrats. I’m sure it sounded mostly like “blah blah blah teen angst blah blah obnoxious” =)</p>

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<p>Personally, I think summer should be exciting. Relaxing for a day will be enough to last you for weeks.</p>

<p>Don’t take my advice on excitement to seriously though. I plan on sky diving and spelunking at least once before I graduate college.</p>

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<p>I like to be active, but I have to touch on the feeling of bored at least once a summer to feel like it’s been a worthwhile break.</p>

<p>But, aero, I would love to go skydiving!</p>

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<p>You’re still young, so you’ll have plenty of more opportunities to have a lazy summer day. It’s good that you’re filling your summer with traveling and doing different activities, especially before you get older and have to work during the summer.</p>

<p>I always end up getting bored by the second half of summer so for me, it’s nice to take a trip then.</p>

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<p>I like a little of both. But I’d much rather have a relaxing summer with friends than be shipped all over the country to camps and such. Besides, after the school year is done the last thing I want to do is have my days planned down to the minute.</p>

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<p>I think summer is a time to relax and hang with friends. I would try to balance it spend some time with ECs and some hanging out with friends .</p>

<p>aero I am also going sky diving before I greaduate. :D</p>

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<p>First of all, you have two more summers to do stuff. You’re only a freshman, relax!! High school summers are probably the last time you will get a summer vacation so enjoy it. I’ve taken classes and worked every summer I’ve been in college and it sucks, trust me on that.</p>

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<p>You should relax. I wish I had.
I’ve done research every summer since tenth grade.
And it’s been fun and all, but then I’d come back to school and wouldn’t feel rested at all because there were like two days between flying back home and starting work…
Summer’s a time to replenish your energies for the year ahead.</p>