I was a camp counselor at a camp for children (and adults but I didn't work with them) with special needs during the summers while I was in collge. I was able to figure out what career path I wanted and I was able to make memories that are so precious as they are the most "normal" that I ever was and my only time that I was a typical teenager/young adult. The months I did it add up to a year and that non-consequetive year is the best thing I have ever had happen to me. I was confident, I was calm with emergencies, I handled things most 19 year olds couldn't, I just thrived. I got to take some neat trips between sessions (Philadelphia, Niagara falls, DC, Ocean City) and those memories are some of my happiest.

Other great things have happened in my life but those camp months are the best.