As Flatbush Guy said
I really wanted to attend camp, as I had done for a number of summers and really wanted to be a counselor. However, the Elul zman that year was starting on August 10th and it was impossible for me to get a job. I was so devastated. I always looked forward to camp during the year, and it really brought out the best in me. I had an opportunity to spend a summer without seeing any chilul shabbos. It was an environment of Kedusha in the highest form. However, I could not get a job and leave two weeks left to the second half. That summer, my friends and I floated. We davened at all hours, sometimes even beyichidus. We went up to Toronto for a few days. Then we spent a few days in bungalows of our friends, barbecuing each night. As I look back, I am disgusted at myself.
So camp and Yeshiva overlapped. So what should Bochurim do? Go on trips/programs like SEED etc.? No, can’t do that (even Flatbush Guy who did it was disgusted by what he did)
So, should they go to camp/take the job and skip the first two weeks of Yeshhiva?? I can already hear the yelling and screaming from Roshei Yeshhivis, Rabbonim, Rabbeim, Parents, YWCR Posters and many others.
So I ask you (including Flatbush Guy) what do you want Bochurim to do during the summer? Sit in the Beis Medresh all day? They need a break the same way (or maybe even more then) a buissness man needs a break.