We had a specialist one summer and for 2 sessions she didnt have a program and the rest of the summer she didnt really have a lot of campers to deal with - she actually had alot of "prep" time which was often used just to hang out! Anyway the second of the 2 sessions that she didnt have a program she was assigned as unit staff and she was not happy! She actually ended up in the office crying - partly cos she didnt want to be unit staff and partly cos if she had too she felt she would learn more from american staff and her co was me! I mean most of the american staff had less camp experience than I did - and she was told this but she still wasnt happy about. She also spent the who summer moaning about how much she was getting paid - she had done it for the money not the experience - and obviously being british she was only paid something like $550 (standard CA pay for a first year counsellor!) - needless to say it was a hard session - but not as hard as some I have had!
