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Business Insider June 23, 2011 04:00 AM June 23, 2011 It's just like any other summer camp but, instead of canoeing or playing capture the flag, kids play DOOM and learn C++. It turns out a lot of tech enthusiasts spent their summers this way. We asked readers for their computer camp memories and found it was the best time of their lives. "Holy crap..I'd love to talk to someone about my computer camp. I went for 9 years including 5 as a counselor. Amazing!" one reader wrote. We got hilarious responses from giddy readers who were all to eager to dish about camp activities, the smoking hot counselors, and what it took to win Camper of the Week. Here’s what happens when you put hundreds of nerds behind closed computer lab doors.
National Computer Camp, Atlanta, approx. 1996 Readers fondly described computer camp as "awesome," "dork heaven," and "an amazing time." One reader even says it made a huge impact on his life. They all wanted to attend and couldn't get enough of the camps. "When I was eleven I went to National Computer Camp in Atlanta for the first time," one camper recalls. "I was in dork heaven. I absolutely loved it. I went every week I could." "I wanted to go for more than two weeks but I suspect my parents thought it was a little weird and sent me to normal sports camps the rest of the summer," says another. Most went because computers in the early '90s were hard to come by and there weren't many resources for learning how to program. "I was self-taught so the two weeks I spent at computer camp every year [from ages 9 through 15] taught me a lot," says a loyal camper. "I learned Pascal, C, and C++ all there." Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-i-learned-at-computer-camp-2011-6#ixzz1QEsy19ut Directory: Docs Docs -> Application for acem Docs -> Observational Assessment of Teaching Practices Teaching Assessment Initiative Proposal Submitted to The Teachers for a New Era project Docs -> Traditional British values Docs -> From Warfighters to Crimefighters: The Origins of Domestic Police Militarization Docs -> Borzoi Club of America Register of Merit Program I. What is a Register Of Merit Docs -> Protecting the rights of the child in the context of migration Docs -> United Nations E/C. 12/Esp/5 Docs -> 9th May 1950 the schuman declaration Docs -> Getting To Outcomes® in Services for Homeless Veterans 10 Steps for Achieving Accountability Download 5.83 Kb. Share with your friends:
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