Blink! Camp Adams Fish Camp is over. The 28 buses were back at Lakeview this afternoon to take our 24 counselors and 120 incredible freshman back to waiting parents in Aggieland. Two and a half days is not enough time to get to know everyone but we came close! The schedule was in 2-, 3-, 5-, and occasionally 10-minute increments. These wonderful, smart, and fun students learned traditions and everyday orientation skills (*more on each below if you’re curious) that have them prepared for August 21. Phenomenal experience for them and one I’m thankful I got to share with Joe Adams.
TAMU Fish Camp
(I have to add…THIS Fish Camp will never be “over” for us. The connection is made and the network is real.)
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*Traditions like (I know I’ve missed some): Wildcatting, Yell leaders and the yells, good bull, bad bull, passing back (yells), 2%ers, Gig’em, Whoop, Century Tree, War Hymn, Honor Code, Reveille, Aggie Ring and Ring Dance, Core Values, Muster, Silver Taps, Bonfire Memorial, Spirit of Aggieland, 12th Man, and of course my favorite, Joe’s old outfit, the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band.
Creative, usually funny, skits introduced the traditions as well as a long list of everyday topics to make their transition smoother—ticket pull, meal tickets, libraries, campus resources, the rec center, and sooo much more. Three items of encouragement I heard from one counselor that typify the down-to-earth advice from someone who was in their shoes last year or the year before;
-It’s ok to eat by yourself and it’s ok to sit down by someone new and introduce yourself.
-Failing a class may happen, even if you have never ever failed one before. How to handle it and how to learn from it.
-On the first day of each class, talk to someone. Second time in class, talk to that person again. If you make friends in the class, you are more likely to go.
Next week, back to chicken lunches.