The diploma to become a camp counselor for holiday and leisure centres (bafa) is aimed primarily at young people from 17 years of age. While the trainers practise an anti-school pedagogy, the trainees, who oscillate between the child and adult status, must at the same time involve and integrate themselves in the group as it is being built. The social definition of these activities borrows from humanistic values and relies on a moral psychology impressed on « projects » and on the cooperation between individuals as a cardinal value, even if a few working class young men resist this program. « To pass one?s bafa » contributes to the transition to adult age for the trainees and ensures a symbolic entry in the profession.