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welllll, camp is tiring as always.
a bit more so this year, because i don't have tohru168 entertaining the kids and shutting them up constantly :(
she's having a bit of a breakdown too, lol
well, one of my kids has a mental disorder. seriously, she does. and her mom didn't tell us a thing about it, but we found out pretty quick.. even before the office told me-_-. so yes, i know that she officially has some sort of learning disorder, and she seems to show some of the characteristics of down syndrome, like asian-looking features.. her mom's not asian.. and not being able to talk normally (seems like her tongue isn't attached the right way)
she talks really strangely, she doesn't listen to you when you tell her not to do things (it really seems like she doesn't understand), and she repeats everything she says at least five times, even if you've already answered it. she's like a little robot, it's scary. she talks about absolutely nothing, on and on and on. she interrupts every single teacher during every single class to go up and tell them about something completely random.
TODAY after we went in the sprinkler she smeared dirt all over herself and her swimsuit and then sat on the ground and became fascinated with a root. she was trying to pull it out of the ground and would NOT budge.
so i had to talk her inside, it really didn't work too well. every time you tell her to do something she tells you "i can't." and goes back to what she's doing.
i tried everyfreakingthing and she didn't want to come inside, it took ten minutes of the next class... finally one of my other campers leaned out the window and yelled "lauren!" and she looked up and went "oh! they're calling me" i was like "yessss let's go inside>.<" so finally she went with me
...she really can be cute sometimes
she hugs me randomly occasionally
but i really don't think i can deal with her for much longer, she keeps hitting the other kids and stuff and really doesn't seem to understand she's doing anything wrong.
we talked to her mom..
she's gonna start being picked up earlier and we might switch her temporarily to another group (to give me and the other counselor a break)
...i feel bad about that though
man
i just don't really know what to do
ohhh well. i think they gave me all the bad/dysfunctional kids this year :P
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