Every program must be able to demonstrate it's efficacy. So, does Eighters work?
I'm still sifting through my interviews and notes from camp, but one memory in particular stands out:
After camp, Sarah went home and flipped through her Student Resource Manual. While at camp she had been re-reading Twilight, the now [in]famous vampire and werewolf teen Bible. It's one of her favorite books. As she got to the end of her manual she saw the "Controlling Relationship Checklist." As she read a few of the statements on it, she flipped through the first few chapters of Twilight and compared Edward Cullen's behavior to the checklist and she discovered....
Edward Cullen is a controlling boyfriend!
You may be wondering, "What's the big deal?" The big deal is that for our current generation of young teenagers (and even a strange group of women called "Twimoms") Edward Cullen has been made into the epitome of romance and desire. In reality, his behavior is controlling, over-protective, diminishes Bella's desires, etc. etc. It's all there in the checklist!
Sarah's revelation was a sign to me that Eighters works. She immediately applied knowledge that she acquired at camp, used the resources she was provided with to check out a hunch, and evaluated a character who was her heart-throb. She then decided that he wasn't all that worthy of her love and affection, after all!
I would say that it's a miracle, but really: it's just camp. It works.
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PS. This one's just for fun:
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