17 Signs You Went To Camp Ramah In The Berkshires
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17 Signs You Went To Camp Ramah In The Berkshires

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17 Signs You Went To Camp Ramah In The Berkshires
Rachel Underweiser

Every summer camp is different so it is impossible to fully understand the culture of a camp until you have lived through its unique bipolar showers and its mysterious mac and cheese. As the weather is getting warmer, I find myself thinking about my own camp experience and the wacky culture that is Ramah Berkshires. So, in anticipation of summer 2016, here are 17 signs you went to Camp Ramah in the Berkshires. *Bubbe approved*

1. The dance to The Turkish Kiss has been your jam for as long as you can remember. Turn it up!

2. You know how to memorize a script for a musical in less than a week and somehow have it turn out OK. Oh, and did I mention it's all in Hebrew?

3. You remember that painful moment when canteen changed from three items to two items (And got rid of peanuts. That was rough).

4. Ben and Jerry's (BJ's) is precious. Half Baked all the way!

5. How Solelimers act when they get their first night of curfew.

6. The sensation of sitting in the make out pagoda during B-Side free time with your B-Side Buddy.

7. You add cinnamon sugar to about every breakfast meal.

8. You understand the meaning of "make new friends" on Palmer day.

9. The moment when Rabbi Resnick is interrupted during Hinei Ma Tov.

10. You understand the struggle of trying to wake up your live-in for tefillot.

11. The glory that came with finding the freaking elephant.

12. When the waiter takes your table's order first at Putman.

13. The feeling after getting free soda at Cedar Point.

14. Visiting friends or campers at the marp like:

15. When your bunk has pack-out and suddenly there are 17 campers in your bunk (three are in the marp, obviously).

16. How you felt after most chug practices the week before Palmer Day.

17. You have found your soulmates.

There is something special about the people who wanted to run and hug you just after you went mud sliding or thought you were wonderful even when there was clearly food stuck in your braces. These are the people who will sing on tree stumps with you in the middle of the night and the people who will show up at your wedding someday with the longest list of stories to share. Thank you for loving me, I love you guys!

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