Hershey Park

Amusement parks are usually a lot of fun, but when you are in charge of ten middle schoolers in scorching heat , it's less fun.
The program I work for continues their musical education during the summer (and I have to work this camp whether I want to or NOT). We have six centers all around the city so students in all of our schools have a center close to them. The kids meet once a week for six weeks. They have three classes: a group lesson, sectional, and full band. We try to challenge the students by teaching them material we don't get to during the school year. Our program is so jam-pact that we don't have a chance to really go into music theory (which I love to teach).
Anyway! As incentive to participate in summer band, we arrange for all the students to go to Hershey Park. The kids have the whole day to ride all the roller coasters and enjoy the Water park. I realized on this trip that I'm getting old! I used to spend the whole day in the sun attending in rides for hours and still have a GREAT time. Not anymore! I was cranky whenever I had to stand in line for more than 15 minutes, which was all the roller coasters. It was too hot and people were assholes! Cutting in line and standing WAY too close in the lines. I don't think people understand what personal space is. Long story short, amusement parks aren't what they used to be.