Comments on: Not Your Average Summer Camp http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/ A collection of legitimately fascinating information culled from the past, present, and anticipated future. Sun, 20 May 2012 04:50:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dr. Psycho http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/#comment-26097 Dr. Psycho Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:37:00 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=595#comment-26097 "When individuals having no established relationships are brought together to interact in group activities with common goals, they produce a group structure with hierarchical statuses and roles within it. " So hard to describe a few words like co-operating with strangers. Daniel http://psychodisorders.com/ “When individuals having no established relationships are brought together to interact in group activities with common goals, they produce a group structure with hierarchical statuses and roles within it. ”
So hard to describe a few words like co-operating with strangers.

Daniel
http://psychodisorders.com/

]]> By: summer programs http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/#comment-23231 summer programs Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:11:52 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=595#comment-23231 There are lots of girls summer camps located in country that provides special facilities and activities for teenage girls to remove all of their behavioral problems. The staff members provide personal attention on each girl to address their needs. http://www.restoreteens.com/Search/0/Summer-Programs/index.html There are lots of girls summer camps located in country that provides special facilities and activities for teenage girls to remove all of their behavioral problems. The staff members provide personal attention on each girl to address their needs.
http://www.restoreteens.com/Search/0/Summer-Programs/index.html

]]> By: actionplant http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/#comment-13829 actionplant Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:21:14 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=595#comment-13829 <p>The snake in your picture is of a Burmese python, which is not any kind of "rattler" whatsoever. Some may see this as a nit-pick, but if it's not that important why not use a picture of a cockatoo instead of an actual eagle?</p> The snake in your picture is of a Burmese python, which is not any kind of “rattler” whatsoever. Some may see this as a nit-pick, but if it’s not that important why not use a picture of a cockatoo instead of an actual eagle?

]]> By: Jeffrey93 http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/#comment-13391 Jeffrey93 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:18:40 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=595#comment-13391 <p>I think if the boys were from different backgrounds, races, religions, etc. It would have led to more initial conflict within the group, but eventually the group would gel in an attempt to be better than the other group. Differences would be set aside to dominate over the other group. At which point, the differences might again raise conflict, especially if the group failed to best the other group.<p></p><p>The article is bang on about failure of the group activities. If they had failed blame would have been laid making the groups less likely to participate in a co-op nature in the future.<p> A co-op activity could bring the world together, as long as it was important to everyone and failure was impossible. Because, if we failed....you could expect a war. At the very least, a very stand-offish attitude would settle over the globe for quite some time.</p> I think if the boys were from different backgrounds, races, religions, etc. It would have led to more initial conflict within the group, but eventually the group would gel in an attempt to be better than the other group. Differences would be set aside to dominate over the other group. At which point, the differences might again raise conflict, especially if the group failed to best the other group.

The article is bang on about failure of the group activities. If they had failed blame would have been laid making the groups less likely to participate in a co-op nature in the future.

A co-op activity could bring the world together, as long as it was important to everyone and failure was impossible. Because, if we failed….you could expect a war. At the very least, a very stand-offish attitude would settle over the globe for quite some time.

]]> By: mwace http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/#comment-8946 mwace Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:17:05 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=595#comment-8946 <p>Why hasn't it occoured to anybody that there might be a rather significent sociological difference between ten year old middle class white christian boys and the variety of groups that people are trying to apply these sociological tendancies towards? Considering the level of detail that whent into the study, this is a rather significent assumption thats been left unaddressed. </p> Why hasn’t it occoured to anybody that there might be a rather significent sociological difference between ten year old middle class white christian boys and the variety of groups that people are trying to apply these sociological tendancies towards? Considering the level of detail that whent into the study, this is a rather significent assumption thats been left unaddressed.

]]> By: Stead311 http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/#comment-7822 Stead311 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:47:39 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=595#comment-7822 <p>I heard about this from my psych class and my philosophy class. It is very interesting to see what a common goal can do to a group of people. It isn't that hard to believe that if we have different interests there would be fighting among us. </p><p> So... a thought to ponder.. wouldn't it be nice if the world had a common goal?</p> I heard about this from my psych class and my philosophy class. It is very interesting to see what a common goal can do to a group of people. It isn’t that hard to believe that if we have different interests there would be fighting among us.

So… a thought to ponder.. wouldn’t it be nice if the world had a common goal?

]]> By: manni http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/#comment-7215 manni Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:03:49 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=595#comment-7215 <p>lol a balloon fight ahh i remember those hehe the only problem is when your balloon explodes from too much pressure when your about to throw it</p> lol a balloon fight ahh i remember those hehe the only problem is when your balloon explodes from too much pressure when your about to throw it

]]> By: Joshua http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/#comment-7150 Joshua Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:23:50 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=595#comment-7150 <p>"Survivor: Robber's Cave"</p> “Survivor: Robber’s Cave”

]]> By: noway http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/#comment-7013 noway Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:50:42 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=595#comment-7013 <p>o, btw, I agree with the above...you guys (Damn Interesting) need an edit function for these posts...</p><p> good piece Marisa</p> o, btw, I agree with the above…you guys (Damn Interesting) need an edit function for these posts…

good piece Marisa

]]> By: noway http://www.damninteresting.com/not-your-average-summer-camp/#comment-7012 noway Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:46:30 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=595#comment-7012 <p><span class='quote'>Vanya said: "When I was in the sixth grade, something similar happened naturally. We were all white, middle class. Two groups (we thought of them as gangs) formed, the Jets and the Sharks (yeah, it was the 60s). We had about a dozen members each. We called each other names, leaders emerged, etc. We even had one of our group join the other to act as a spy. The whole thing culminated in a waterballoon fight (sounds really lame, I know, but we were pretty sheltered and naive). After that the whole thing kind of fizzled out and we went back to having small cliques. Little did we know we were on the cutting edge of sociology!"</span></p><p> LOL...awesome...PS boys are better than gurls!</p> Vanya said: “When I was in the sixth grade, something similar happened naturally. We were all white, middle class. Two groups (we thought of them as gangs) formed, the Jets and the Sharks (yeah, it was the 60s). We had about a dozen members each. We called each other names, leaders emerged, etc. We even had one of our group join the other to act as a spy. The whole thing culminated in a waterballoon fight (sounds really lame, I know, but we were pretty sheltered and naive). After that the whole thing kind of fizzled out and we went back to having small cliques. Little did we know we were on the cutting edge of sociology!”

LOL…awesome…PS boys are better than gurls!

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