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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Old guys with power [/b]who set your compensation, endow university fellowships, or approve layoffs like Eagle Scouts. Outsized proportions of POTUSs, military generals, and C-suite of F500 companies attained Eagle Scout.

I mean, you can tell yourself it doesn't matter....but it sort of does. So you do you.

A young woman who has "Eagle Scout" on her resume is going to probably at least get an interview from me. She's definitely an interesting person who's seen some stuff. [/quote]

They are fading out pretty quickly.  And old guys with power aren't running college admissions.  And by the time someone who has a cub scout aged kid are in the workforce, nearly all of these old guys will no longer have influence.  It was a thing when BSA was one of the few youth orgs around.  If your kid is interested in it, great--it's like other activities with a sustained interest component.  Most of the guys I know who were Boy Scouts who are now in their 50s are not impressed by it--my DH who was an Eagle Scout wouldn't let our kids sign up because of the issues associated with BSA.
Girl Scouts have a better reputation. [/quote]

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