Being a camp counselor is cool. As well as having the best summer of your life and getting to hang out with kids all day, you also get to…

1. Meet people from around the world.
2. Eat free food all day.
3. Get free board.
4. Explore the local area.
5. Get off camp.
6. Be a kid again.
7. The more childish you are the more the kids will like you.
8. Have a cheeky nap on your free period.
9. You’re in America!
10. Bossing people about.
11. Get to work with your best friends.
12. If you love it, you can come back next year.
13. If you hate it, it’s only 9 weeks of your life.
14. New experiences.
15. You get to do what you love all day.
16. “All your best friends are on your doorstep” – quote from my book .
17. You can live the life of a Fame or Glee star.
18. The nightlife!
19. You might meet the love of your life.
20. You can have as much fun as I did in Secret Diary of a Camp Counselor.
21. New friends that will be friends for life.
22. It’s relatively cheap compared to other summer fun.
23. You can travel the US after.
24. You get to try new things – trapeze, surfing, climbing – you never would normally.
25. You can show off about your summer in America for years to come.
26. The job will change you for the better, guaranteed.

See, being a camp counselor is a pretty good gig. Let me know if you have any more great things about the job you think should be added above…