Submitted by acmfox on Mon, 05/25/2015 - 7:16pm

A Blog about my experiences, good and bad, of Miss Porter's Summer Camp for Girls

The literature regularly suggests that the true difference in most abilities between boys and girls is negligible, yet acknowledges that girls are most likely to thwart their personal abilities in the presence of boys. There are many reasons for this, of course, but the fact remains that for girls to achieve their true potential, they often need a little help. Miss Porter's Summer Camp for Girls provides a healthy environment for girls to do just that.

I spent my first summer at Miss Porter's when I was seven years old. Every summer after that I went back. The rules were simple: be who you are and if you get to the dining hall late, you'll go hungry. Upon your tenth year, there is one more rule added to the list: you can't go back. In this blog, I'll share some of my experiences and the wisdom I picked up at that special summer camp. Because without doubt, I would not be the person I have become without the time I had at Miss Porter's.

I skimmed this during the chat so my impressions then aren't the result of a normal reading. Unfortunatly I can't go back and read it the first time. On slower reading I see where you give the impression of a magical environment. I think this should be stronger though. I do like the line -- The walls, raw oak panels scarred by years of youthful irresponsibility,...

I think the description of the gazebo is a bit too much detail. I do like the descriptions of the Meditation Garden I just don't know its purpose.

Her imprisonment for five hundred years seems incongruous. Solitude for that length of time would drive many insane.

Interesting story, I wish I had read it slowly at first. I liked it all except the ending.