Speaker 1: Summer camp.
Speaker 2: It's not really something I ever thought i'd actually experience,
Speaker 2: but lo and behold, Mom told me I'm signed up
Speaker 2: and camp is next week. Leaving home, trying new things,
Speaker 2: having fun, making new friends. Camp has it all, and
Speaker 2: you'd think that someone in junior high would be jumping
Speaker 2: at the idea right well. To be honest, just thinking
Speaker 2: about leaving for camp gives me butterflies. If I told
Speaker 2: you I'm homeschooled, you'd probably be thinking that's the whole
Speaker 2: reason I'm nervous.
Speaker 3: But that's not even it.
Speaker 2: I have glass on Wednesdays, young Scholars group on Thursdays,
Speaker 2: and swim team every other evening, plus meets. I'm busy and,
Speaker 2: as some say, socialized. I guess the whole camp thing
Speaker 2: is just scary because of the unknown. I wonder what
Speaker 2: made my parents sign me up for this camp so
Speaker 2: quick though. There has to be something different about it
Speaker 2: for them to jump on board without even bringing it
Speaker 2: up to me.
Speaker 4: Aby us.
Speaker 5: Coming, So your dad told you about camp?
Speaker 3: A Yes, camp.
Speaker 4: Real, though, let's just talk about it for a minute.
Speaker 4: You know your mother and I want you to reach
Speaker 4: your full potential in.
Speaker 3: The best way possible.
Speaker 4: I know, well, we found the best program for the summer.
Speaker 4: Take a look.
Speaker 2: Camp Scuba Marine Biology Summer accelerated program academics with a
Speaker 2: taste of adventure. This sounds more like college than camp.
Speaker 4: Exactly. It's not your average camp. This is a once
Speaker 4: in a lifetime opportunity for you.
Speaker 5: You'll get all the education you need to get your
Speaker 5: credits for science and it says adventure. Doesn't this sound great?
Speaker 6: Honey?
Speaker 3: Yeah? But you know how I feel about Camp, Avery.
Speaker 5: What's there to be nervous about. You're smart, funny, a
Speaker 5: great friend, and a great swimmer. Everyone will love you,
Speaker 5: and I bet you'll thank us when it's all over.
Speaker 2: What if they all know each other from school? Well,
Speaker 2: anyone there even know what homeschooling is.
Speaker 4: Avery. It's not the nineties anymore. Everyone is so connected
Speaker 4: now with those razor flip phones and texting.
Speaker 6: It's the two thousands now, Honey, people know what homeschooling is. Plus,
Speaker 6: look here seek you'll also learn how.
Speaker 5: To scuba dive. It's right on the edge of Shakeford Point.
Speaker 5: You know that beautiful beachfront stretch off the coast of
Speaker 5: North Carolina. It's just an hour or so from here.
Speaker 3: Well, what if I don't like it, Avery.
Speaker 4: The only way you'll know is if you give it.
Speaker 3: A dry mine. I guess I'll go.
Speaker 4: Great, it's settled.
Speaker 3: Then, can I be excused? I better get packing?
Speaker 5: Sure, honey, I put a bunch of class applies on
Speaker 5: your desk. Make sure you get those packed up. You're
Speaker 5: gonna need them.
Speaker 3: Okay, Mom?
Speaker 2: Marine biology scuba diving. I guess it sounds like fun,
Speaker 2: but I still feel my stomach churning. Sleeping in a
Speaker 2: cabin all week is definitely not the same as.
Speaker 3: A sleepover at Sarah's house. Hi, more minutes?
Speaker 7: Oh?
Speaker 3: What did the week fly by so fast?
Speaker 4: Avery? Us leaves in fifteen minutes?
Speaker 3: I must he called it the bus.
Speaker 4: It's just a van, all right? All set?
Speaker 3: Yep?
Speaker 2: I wish Sarah was coming. At least then i'd have
Speaker 2: one friend, my best friend. It's so scary thinking that
Speaker 2: I won't know anyone will all together? Campers know each
Speaker 2: other from school? Do people know what homeschool is these days?
Speaker 3: Wait? What about sharks?
Speaker 2: Do they only let us scuba dive in areas without
Speaker 2: sharkspe So I don't like sharks?
Speaker 7: Testing? Testing? Can you hear me? I'm there? My name
Speaker 7: is Edward Thatch, founder and head of Camp Scuba. Hello
Speaker 7: to our two thousand and four MBSA scholars. Can we
Speaker 7: give them a hand? It's with great pride that I
Speaker 7: welcome you all to our amazing camp. You are the
Speaker 7: select few that have been given the opportunity to learn
Speaker 7: from the best teachers the Crystal Coast has to offer,
Speaker 7: and those that excel in the classroom will be given
Speaker 7: the training to scuba dive off our very own coastline.
Speaker 7: The ocean world is at your fingertips. Nah, without further ado,
Speaker 7: let us turn our attention to the screen. Welcome to
Speaker 7: Camp Scuba Dive into an adventure like no other at
Speaker 7: Camp School.
Speaker 2: If you ask me, this guy seems a little full
Speaker 2: of himself. His scruffy beard and long gray hair remind
Speaker 2: me of someone I just can't quite put my finger
Speaker 2: on it. Sure he's put together, almost two put together.
Speaker 2: With that navy blue suit of his and pointy boots,
Speaker 2: he looked kind of like a pirate that had to
Speaker 2: go to a job interview.
Speaker 4: Let's get you settled. This place is just amazing.
Speaker 3: Amazing, but Stove Camp just perfect.
Speaker 5: This place is so quaint.
Speaker 3: I guess this is it can I call you if
Speaker 3: I can't stand it tomorrow.
Speaker 4: Okay, okay, Honnie, but I'm sure you will love it.
Speaker 4: We love you.
Speaker 5: Try to have fun.
Speaker 3: Okay, okay, love you too.
Speaker 5: First time away.
Speaker 2: Oh sorry, I didn't even see you up there.
Speaker 3: Have you been up on the bed this whole time?
Speaker 5: Yeah? Sorry, felt strange to jump into the conversation. My
Speaker 5: name's Morgan, him Avery. So you're here because you're some
Speaker 5: kind of science genius or something.
Speaker 2: Well, not necessarily my parents sign me up.
Speaker 5: I can see that.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 5: For me, it was either this or summer school. And
Speaker 5: the only reason I was accepted here is because I
Speaker 5: somehow got a high score on my science testing this spring. Hmmm.
Speaker 3: So this camp wasn't your first pick either for the summer.
Speaker 5: You can say that for sure. But I have to
Speaker 5: say scupa diving That sounds fun.
Speaker 3: Yes, you're right, can't say I've ever done that before.
Speaker 5: Come on, let's find the cafeteria.
Speaker 7: Then.
Speaker 5: I'm dying to see what that campfire bash thing is tonight.
Speaker 3: Campfire bash, yeah.
Speaker 5: Says here on the schedule. It's a mandatory bonfire and
Speaker 5: s'mores will be in abundance.
Speaker 3: Humh, I've never been to a mandatory bonfire before.
Speaker 5: Yeah, sounds more like an initiation to me.
Speaker 7: Everyone, everyone, welcome to our first night of campfire history,
Speaker 7: where we learned the real tales of right here before.
Speaker 3: Our eyes, real tales.
Speaker 5: Who does this guy think he is?
Speaker 3: That's what I thought.
Speaker 7: Now, before we begin, I need to give credit where
Speaker 7: credit is due to this man right here on my right.
Speaker 7: Let's get it up for Professor Johnny Hayes.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 1: Thanks everyone here at Camp Scuba. My job is not
Speaker 1: only keep everything run smoothly, but I am tasked with
Speaker 1: educating all of you everything there is to know about
Speaker 1: the marine world. With my years of experience researching scuba
Speaker 1: diving and training under the world renowned sciences up the ocean,
Speaker 1: I plan to bring new lots of this undiscovered world.
Speaker 1: I see only your best, your discipline.
Speaker 7: We're on a schedule, right, Thank you, Professor. Now to
Speaker 7: begin the tales. You almost know the truth that I
Speaker 7: tell you have been passed down from generation to generation
Speaker 7: from this very book in my hands. This old tittered
Speaker 7: thing is more precious than gold. Well, oh, and we
Speaker 7: will be learning the stories it so perfectly tells. Gather
Speaker 7: around your brave souls and let me spin your tale
Speaker 7: of the high seas, of bravery and honor amidst the waves.
Speaker 7: This be the story of Blackbeard, not as the fearsome
Speaker 7: pirate of legend, but as a hero of the ocean
Speaker 7: and the golden age of piracy. There sailed a man
Speaker 7: known as black Beard. His ship, the Queen Anne's revenge,
Speaker 7: cut through the waves like a knife through butter, her
Speaker 7: black sails billowing in the wind. But unlike the tales
Speaker 7: that spread fear among the people, Blackbeard was not the
Speaker 7: villain they made him out to be. Blackbeard, whose true
Speaker 7: name was Edward, was a man of noble heart and
Speaker 7: a fierce sense of justice.
Speaker 2: A fierce sense of justice even I know Blackbeard was
Speaker 2: a pirate.
Speaker 3: Come on, now, is this all a test? Is it
Speaker 3: a Oh?
Speaker 2: I guess it's just too soon to know. Maybe Klass
Speaker 2: tomorrow will make sense of all this