girls' camp experiences

i was reading on a message board for exmormons and there was a post about girls' camp. about how the "spiritual activities" are really manipulations. the board isn't accepting any new posts and i feel that i need to share.

yes, there were many faith promoting activities. i've blocked out most of them, i honestly can't remember much of girls' camp. however, i do remember my first time there. i was a beehive (they call each class a silly name) and twelve and a half. it was the last night there and my bunk mates and i went to bed early because there was a sunrise fireside testimonial meeting the next day. apparently, unknown to us, that was also the night for the older girls to prank the beehives. so we get the wake-up call before dawn and we rush out to hike to the meeting area. half way there we realize, to our horror, we had been pranked. we each had some sort of soap in our hair and charcoal on our faces. the fireside lasted over two hours long. dried soap in your hair for that long is hell. when we got back to our cabin to pack up to go home we found cut up onions in our sleeping bags.

the sad thing is, i do love to camp. i don't mind bugs and hiking and cooking over a fire. one year it poured the entire week and it was our first year in actual tents, and my feet were wet the whole week. not even my skin peeling on my feet bothered me as much as manipulation wrapped in the pretty bow of "faith promoting" experiences.