anyone else noticed that, or just me?
its SO much easier to make friends at camp than at school!!!
why is that...

Well. I don't think so. You just have to be more..open I guess.

never notice.
camp you are together alot & get to talk.
school you not get to talk alot in classes because of annoying teachers.
?

Ok, I know I've never been to camp and all.. but still.

At school, I guess there are cliques and stuff and your social life depends on who you hang out with and there's gossip and guys that are going to be in your grade for a long time. Plus, there are going to be a lot of people in your grade and you're with them for your school-year. And you have to choose who to be friends with because you would probably hang out with them throughout the schoolyear like during school and weekends and stuff. But at camp, there is really no commitment. You can make a fool of yourself in front of other people and bam, by next summer you might not even see them. There are no cliques at camp (unless there is) and you can just be friends with anyone and not know about how they're judged at school.

Did that make sense?

because they dont know the real you? idk

I beg to differ.
When I was at camp, I made no friends. No one liked me.
Oh well. :)

Eh thats a good question.

I think it's maybe because they don't really know you. Hmm they're more polite yeah.

because you're stuck there. might as well learn to get along.

Because at camp, it's all fun and games..plus you don't know anyone. While at school, you form all these little cliques and stuff..

When you are at camp you have a lot more group activities, in my opinion. At school a lot of thigns are independant like homework and essays unless it's a group project. I think it's easier at camp because it's a fresh new start with people you don't know and you can learn new things about them over the time period of camp. You're with them for awhile and you spend a large portion of the day with them. At school, while you are still spending majority of the day with people, you are so distracted with the school work and steriotypes that you don't bond with people as well. When you are at camp you don't really care, it's not as stressful as school it.

Thats just my opinion =)

yea i've noticed that too i think its cause there are usualy less people in your age group around you, and your not pressured by then whole school work thing.

i guess at camp people are more willing to be friends because nobody has friends. i dont know. i think it's easier to make friends in school.

I have never been to camp.
But I think it's easier to make friends there because maybe they don't have friends there...but in school they usually have their own group to hang out with, but camp everyone is looking for someone to be friends with...ahh I don't know.
Did that make sense?

i've never been to a camp. So I wouldn't know :X but it might seem easier to make friends in camp because everyone's there to have fun. I hope this made sense :D

i guess school is a clique
and camp you need to do group activeties

hmm.. camp is eaiser to mke friends cuz lyk another person said.. "you spend more time with them" lyk you even sleep in the same cabin/tent as them.. but as skewl.. all of your friends might not be in ur class.. plus you can't even talk in class while the teacher is talking.. so maybe that's why..

Because at school you listen to a teacher talk and the main focus of school is to give you an education, not for you to make friends

THAT HAPPENED TO ME TOO
WOW
lol

i think its cuz you spend a lot more time together, and like someone else said no cliques form, or hardly any. like for me, i spent 7 nights with 5 ppl in a cabin and we became really close! its pretty awesome. i miss camp!

because.. in my opinion you only see the people at camp very little and may never see them again.. so naturally you'll try to be nice and show your best qualities

I've never really been to camp. I guess because at school theres all this stress, and then you have this reputation. Your suppose to hang out with this clique, or study with these people, or not study at all in some cases.... But at camp people don't know much about you so it's easier.

i never noticed..hmm to me the same actually

I am kind of opposite then. It is easier for me to meet new friends at school than camps.

because.. ur stuck with em.. for like a week..

this happens to me too i think at school i hold back a bit and at camp i dont really give a crap what people think of me casue im never gonna see them again so ayah

I think its because in camp, you're supposed to socialize and in school its more about grades and learning then socializing.

Hmm.. I wouldn't know since the only times I went to camp was with my school. Hmm.. It could be because they don't know the real you? :shrugs:

cause at camp, your STUCK and at school u leave by the end of the day anyway..I would die if I wne tot camp.. eww

i think i know what you mean.

at camp people are a lot more open to making as many friends as possible, probably because you only get to see them for that amount of time. they're especially like this if it's their first time at camp. if they've been there before, sure, they'll still hang out with old buds, but are open to showing newbies around.

at school, on the other hand, people have friends all year round. they're comfortable with their clique, and don't want to see the effects of someone new. at camp, if they do that and it turns out bad, they can escape it within a few weeks and never have to bother with them again, if they want. at school, you have to deal with them.

that's my view on it.

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I think its because at camp you're just meeting some of the people, and they don't know you.
At school, some people have known you for a while.

I camp, and I am so much different then I am in school. I'm feel more free and relaxed and dont have to worry about homework/quizes. Also another thing I can trust them more, and not have to be so prepared. I have time to laugh, and do what I want. They get a better view of who you are by what you do for fun and you have more time I think.

I dont know.. thats just my oppinion on things.

Yep.

My closest friends are from camp. Plus, you get to spend a lot more time and make more memories with friends from camp. I'm guessing you treasure your camp memories a lot more than your school memories, because camp isn't as long as a schoolyear is.

umm...i wouldnt know because i've never been to camp...but maybe its because you dont have to see the same people everysingle day for like a year or so...just guessing

i think it's cuz... you don't have any history, so you can start completely fresh. there aren't really any grudges or anything. and... you won't have many ties afterwards, so you're more outgoing

I wish I was in camps more, you spend time w/ friends 24/7. It's a great experience.

i think its easier because at camp, its based on having fun and meeting new ppl, and at school ur mostly focused on your grades, not really a socializing thing like camp is.

but Pretty much wut everyone else said.

in camp everyones willing to make friends
in school everyone knows each other already

In camp, you're with them constantly & it gets boring if you don't talk to anybody, so everyone just starts talking together & making friends & all that. People tend to be a little more outgoing at camps because hey, you're only going to be with them for a week or two- Might as well be friendly, & so what if you make a fool of yourself, most likely you'll never see them again. Oh, also, almost everyone's in the same boat. They don't know anybody & want to make friends, just like you.

In school, you're distracted by classes, a lot of people already know each other, you've got all the little cliques & such...and you can be stuck with them for 1-4 years.

u cant talk in school and in camp ur stuck with them XP

because at camp ur basically grouped with people, live with them for a while and when ur not bunkin together ur doing activities together....

and in school the main focus is education and the teachers are bitches and hush u when u try to talk and during breaks people go there seperate ways and when schools out people go home @_@.

i never notice...i make fwends real easely. some of my friends i just met on the street.

at camp ur free to create your own persoonality with out the longterm effects of school. ur more open to different things and different people.

to add a bit more to what everyone said, if u go to a specific kind of camp, u get meet people who have similar intrests too. Like i went to music camp so we all had somthing in common to tlak about. plus people want to get to know everyone at camp whereas in school u basically already have a set way you are viewed.

At camp, you automatically have more in common than academics (which means no competition in that aspect either), you spend more quality time together (you can talk rather than just sit there near them), and you know less people, so you're forced to bond rather than cling to your familiar group.

If most people at camp don't already know each other, then everyone's in the same boat... 1) you all want to have a good time, and 2) nobody is going to have any kind of reputation AFTER camp... that means people are more like 'themselves' (whatever that vague term can mean :O) and everyone is able to form closer bonds in a shorter amount of time.

It sucks when everyone knows each other... cause then ppl don't care about you and just hang out wit their old buds (you gotta make yourself noticed and crap so you fit into the old gang :p)

But yeah, school is just a crappy place to be in to start, so nobody's really havin much fun anyways xD

because you start over new, no one knows you, and so everyone is a 'first impression'. and people are usually more open during summers anyways. you don't know anyone, and they don't know you, so to make friends, they socialize more.

basicallly in general for most people . its eaier to make friends in camp because they hardly know you individually while at school people contstantly see you everyday and knows who you are . so usually in camp your in a stress free environment where your able to start allover again . well thats only for some people . it really depends on the individual .