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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eagle Scout is a very dated distinction. It doesn’t require anywhere near the mastery of skill that music, literary, sports or other competitive ECs require. It takes a time commitment to achieve it and the ability to impress a bunch of middle aged mediocre white men bestowing it. It’s a predominantly a white, male, Christian thing in suburban and rural areas. It used to be a way for middle class white boys to break into more elite schools. Scouts is a pretty bigoted organization so someone dedicating their youth to achieve distinction within this organization is someone who either agrees with the bigotry or is peachy fine ignoring it because they were told the distinction would help open doors for them. [/quote] +1 While I used to have a lot of respect for what it took to become an Eagle Scout, I think it's a negative to associate with the BSA. Plus, it feels like many Eagle Scout projects are little more than collecting items for an existing charity. They don't involve making real change in the community. [/quote] And LITERALLY every ES I know, their parent (usually their mom) was out begging for the money to fund it, the supplies to do the project, helping organize it. While I am quite sure there are those that do it all themselves, those kids are not in NoVA.[/quote]
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