Letter from Jessika Yamaguchi to her parents, July 1, 2003

Dear Parental Units,

My guess is that you must have called the camp and spoken to the director. If I had to speculate, I’d say that you told her that I needed to be more engaged by the authority figures here if I was going to thrive at camp. I’m just guessing this because that’s what you generally tell my teachers and all of the other adults I deal with. You’re very predictable, you know.

Well, it worked. Aren’t you proud? Dori, who is the counselor in charge of the drama program, sought me out to help her write the play that we’re going to be performing at the end of the summer. Wait, let me back up. The play that the drama program girls are going to be performing. I’ll help h...

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