How to misrun a summer camp
I guess you’re curious about how Camp Espana works. Well, it’s very interesting. Let’s start off by reviewing the general American camp paradigm. By late Spring you’d have the final list of campers, with a deposit paid. You’d have one, potentially two, waves of arrivals: at the beginning of camp and midway through. And you’d split the campers into bunks by age, with each bunk getting its own schedule of daily activities. Now I will tell you how to run a camp completely counter to all the best practices. First, you have arrivals and departures each week and send staff on random excursions to the airport. Campers sign up at the last minute and arrive with 4,000 euros in cash to pay for their stay. You never know exactly who’s coming until they arrive so you don't bother planning who will live with whom: when someone arrives, you try to sort our their accommodations. There are no bunks. Staff are responsible for coordinating...