As I read the article I kept thinking about a Youth Conference when I was 15 or 16. For some reason we ended up sleeping in the Independence High School gym. I thought this was the lamest idea ever since IHS was twenty minutes from my house. I was vocal about my discontent. The gym was really hot because we'd held a dance in there (oh, church dances....) that ended 30 minutes before lights out--cotton eyed joe really heats up a room. There was a huge curtain separating the girls from the boys--which prompted yelling back and forth all night. My sleeping pad was 1/4" thick and my shoulder blades felt it. My pillow ended up smelling like a locker room. Surprisingly I don't remember having to get ready for bed in a high school bathroom--but I'm sure I complained about it when I had to. I don't think I went to Youth Conference the next summer.
I can only hope.
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That was an amazing article. Thanks for sharing.
And I remember that youth conference. I remember it well. I think it's rough for teenagers to sleep on the gym floor, but I truly believe it was harder on the creaky old leaders than it was on the kids! Wasn't my favorite...
They are amazing people full of respect and dignity. I don't think a lot of other countries would react/handle it the same way.
I am continually impressed with the Japanese....especially when I think of the way Americans have handled natural disasters.
That's a great article. And I remember that Youth Conference like it was yesterday. All I really remember from the sleeping in the gym part is that the boys would NOT stop yelling "Hoo-ah." (The Army call thing...) Ugh...haha.
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