Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Recommended Resources Has anyone been to a Camp Invention?

Ugh.... My DS just did it in PA. He liked it well enough and enjoyed it for the most part. And I believe it COULD be very good... BUT I was pretty unhappy with what I observed. I never saw an adult it was middle-schoolers (12 year olds - I am not kidding) running the entire thing. It was chaotic and poorly run. DS said he and another kid did the projects while the others in his group did nothing yet at the "Inventor's Showcase" (which was a chaotic free-for-all, btw) random kids just ran in and took the inventions before us parents could even see the projects DS worked on. He was HEARTBROKEN. Honestly, it was WAY too expensive of a camp to only have middle schoolers running it and for it to be so poorly run. I gave them plenty of critisism on their survey/feedback form. Unless they do so major changes, I'll never send to DS to one again. Basically, like a previous poster said - it's just a bunch of middle-schoolers babysitting - not a real educational/creative experience. HTH!