I just completed my first Spring Camp! Spring Camp is an English emersion camp for students around the country. There were 22 camps held this year, with collaboration between PCVs and Moroccan staff, to reach approximately 1700 youth.
A typical day started at 7:30-wake up, Moroccan National Anthem, Songs to help everyone wake up. Breakfast at 8:15. English class from 9:00-11:00. Sports/Activities 11:15-1:00. Lunch 1:30. Clubs 3:30-5:15. Break 5:15-5:30. “Activities” 5:30-7:00. Dinner 7:30. Games, Music, fun, talent shows, movies etc 9:00-11:00pm.
This was the general schedule however everything always seemed to be running an hour or two behind. Most of the kids showed up a day late. That meant testing their language levels and getting them into classes instead of actually teaching English the first day.
They had a DJ playing music as the students arrived. Close to a third of them came from Rabat on a bus. As they came into the dining hall where the music was playing, and where we were waiting for new arrivals our jaws dropped one by one, as did the students from the area that had arrived on time. Some girls had short spunky haircuts, almost no one had their hair covered, and girls were wearing short-sleeved shirts, skirts, and heels. And, Man, did they know how to dance… This was like nothing I have ever seen here…and something I would expect to see at a bar at home. I’m pretty sure all of the kids from the bled(countryside) felt the same way. They were literally drooling as these girls took to the dance floor. The boys from Rabat came in with their baggy shorts, hats, popped collars and drama. What were we in for?
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