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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 19:31... I've run into leaders who say "just tell them they have to pick one!"  I reject that philosophy b/c GS is supposed to be "Girl Led" and in my mind, that means the girls can choose to do a journey or choose to do other badges and activities.  If they don't want to do it, they don't have to.  I've encouraged them all I can to choose a journey, but that's where my job ends and their job begins.  I do not want to be a leader who drags the scouts through a journey they didn't want to do in the first place.  Only one of my 12 ever votes to do a journey.  I feel a little bad for her b/c we aren't doing one... but the majority speaks and they say "no journey."  I think it's partly the name "journey" which sounds long and arduous, partly the subject matter (which sound more like intellectual/school-like topics that the girls don't relate to), and partly the fact that their are books involved (also a connection to school and learning).  The girls at this age want to DO things.  They don't want to talk about issues or listen to a leader talk about social issues.  If their hands or feet are not moving, they think whatever they are doing is boring.  If their hands or feet are moving, they generally like it.

(You would think "Get Moving" would be a good one, but it's about energy conservation in the design of a building ... B-O-R-I-N-G.)[/quote]

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