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Anonymous wrote:My good looking, muscular DH is an Eagle Scout. He can start a fire, build a shelter, keep us safe, and basically survive the zombie apocalypse.

I fail to see what is dorky about that, but hey...you do you.

Dorky = unapproved by the worthless cool kids

+1 The cool kids who basically can’t read.

I have nothing against scouts but you all sound super bitter. It’s possible to be popular AND smart.

Sure, but it’s rare....

Keep telling yourself that.

I don’t need to. I see it all the time

-teacher

Guessing that’s part of the message you’re propagating in your classroom. I’m sure if you believe that smart is not cool then you are an excellent teacher.

Nope. I said the kids who appear to be the most popular are often not the smartest. Don’t twist my words.

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Anonymous wrote:My good looking, muscular DH is an Eagle Scout. He can start a fire, build a shelter, keep us safe, and basically survive the zombie apocalypse.

I fail to see what is dorky about that, but hey...you do you.

Dorky = unapproved by the worthless cool kids

+1 The cool kids who basically can’t read.

I have nothing against scouts but you all sound super bitter. It’s possible to be popular AND smart.

Sure, but it’s rare....

Keep telling yourself that.

I don’t need to. I see it all the time

-teacher

Guessing that’s part of the message you’re propagating in your classroom. I’m sure if you believe that smart is not cool then you are an excellent teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:My good looking, muscular DH is an Eagle Scout. He can start a fire, build a shelter, keep us safe, and basically survive the zombie apocalypse.

I fail to see what is dorky about that, but hey...you do you.

Dorky = unapproved by the worthless cool kids

+1 The cool kids who basically can’t read.

I have nothing against scouts but you all sound super bitter. It’s possible to be popular AND smart.

Sure, but it’s rare....

Keep telling yourself that.

I don’t need to. I see it all the time

-teacher

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Anonymous wrote:My good looking, muscular DH is an Eagle Scout. He can start a fire, build a shelter, keep us safe, and basically survive the zombie apocalypse.

I fail to see what is dorky about that, but hey...you do you.

Dorky = unapproved by the worthless cool kids

+1 The cool kids who basically can’t read.

I have nothing against scouts but you all sound super bitter. It’s possible to be popular AND smart.

Sure, but it’s rare....

Keep telling yourself that.

I am liberal as they come, but I have been very impressed with Boy Scouts. Son has been in since third grade and is about to finish up his Eagle in high school. It is a rigorous process that teaches a ton of skills. The Eagle merit badges like swimming, cooking, camping, etc.
Take months to achieve. It is a great launching pad for adulthood

Nope, not dorky. Every good man I know was a Boy Scout. It teaches good life skills and how to be self-sufficient.

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Anonymous wrote:My good looking, muscular DH is an Eagle Scout. He can start a fire, build a shelter, keep us safe, and basically survive the zombie apocalypse.

I fail to see what is dorky about that, but hey...you do you.

Dorky = unapproved by the worthless cool kids

+1 The cool kids who basically can’t read.

I have nothing against scouts but you all sound super bitter. It’s possible to be popular AND smart.

Sure, but it’s rare....

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Anonymous wrote:My good looking, muscular DH is an Eagle Scout. He can start a fire, build a shelter, keep us safe, and basically survive the zombie apocalypse.

I fail to see what is dorky about that, but hey...you do you.

Dorky = unapproved by the worthless cool kids

+1 The cool kids who basically can’t read.

I have nothing against scouts but you all sound super bitter. It’s possible to be popular AND smart.

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Anonymous wrote:My good looking, muscular DH is an Eagle Scout. He can start a fire, build a shelter, keep us safe, and basically survive the zombie apocalypse.

I fail to see what is dorky about that, but hey...you do you.

Dorky = unapproved by the worthless cool kids

+1 The cool kids who basically can’t read.

Anonymous wrote:My good looking, muscular DH is an Eagle Scout. He can start a fire, build a shelter, keep us safe, and basically survive the zombie apocalypse.

I fail to see what is dorky about that, but hey...you do you.

Dorky = unapproved by the worthless cool kids

My good looking, muscular DH is an Eagle Scout. He can start a fire, build a shelter, keep us safe, and basically survive the zombie apocalypse.

I fail to see what is dorky about that, but hey...you do you.

We love Scouts!

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, plus why would you support an organization that enables pedophiles?

Aren’t you thinking of the Catholic Church?

People who stay with these organizations despite the sexual abuse scandals are apologists.
“Well, it didn’t happen in my parish/pack so we will keep giving money to a know corrupt organization.”


https://beta.washingtonpost.com/national/lawsuit-alleges-boy-scouts-failed-to-stop-previously-unknown-predators/2019/08/06/b33b6148-b88c-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html

Your dues are going to pay settlements.

The abused kids should get settlements. And I pay about 150$ a year for scouts dues-I pay more for one month of tae kwon do. It’s really not a costly activity.

I think annual dues to National are around $40 and the rest goes to your Pack.

Scouts BSA had many of the same problems that other organizations had in the past. The training for adults has greatly improved and the requirements for being around the kids have changed. I also like that there is a requirements for parents to talk to their kids and complete specific exercises with them regarding abuse, sexual, verbal, and physical, as well as cyber awareness training. All of this has to be completed annually, with the kids, in order to earn their rank. While not perfect, Scouts BSA have been responsive to the issue of sexual abuse by adults and older kids.

It's much less of a mainstream experience than it was in the 60s. DH was a sort of high school hippy and scout, he did not make eagle scout but some of his friends did.

DS left scouts after 5th grade but that was because of a handful of kids who were making his life miserable AT scout meetings. Plus when he noticed that the pinewood derby tracks were biased (basically, out of two tracks the car on the same one would always win) and nobody else cared he was disgusted.

I am concerned about a parent who is more concerned about the appearance of an activity to others than her child's interests. My son loved scouts and maintains his adult membership in college. He was also a HS athletic.