I was a student leader (volunteer) at outdoor school 6 times during my high-school tenure. I had always known I was going to come back as a student leader as I was practically raised at summer camps but nothing I ever experienced was comparable to being a volunteer at outdoor school. I cannot put into words how important outdoor school was for my maturity and I cannot possibly explain how much I miss it. After every week I would have at least four kids talk to me about how much outdoor school had changed their lives, saying things like "I never knew that science could be so much fun" or "I never knew that I could be such a leader" or "I will never forget this place". Outdoor school is an incredible education program, not only in academics, but beyond anything else, outdoor school is an education program about community. Everyone who I have ever worked with/taught to at outdoor school left that week feeling more able to handle the responsibility of being a global citizen, and that is something that I personally will never, ever forget.