What do you think about Scouting

I was never a scout. I would be considered by most to be conservative but that would be too simplistic a label. The one part of scouting I don't like is the martial or pro state foundation.

I've known a lot of guys who were scouts and it seemed like a very good experience. I knew some kids who got into some bad things in high school and I think the experience of scouting they had before helped keep them from going too far.

Traditions aren't all bad. Some helpe you from having to discover something is a bad idea all on your own.

 

Most traditions of the ages were actually good; kept the faith alive in humanity and God alike. Scouting was one of them. Wish I'd been taught more about the necessity to respect women, and how to do that through open communication. Some things were neither tradition nor state-sanctioned, but natural tendencies for people to exert influence over others in unrighteous dominion. But, my understanding is that people always knew better. Scouting for sure kept me out of some trouble. More than that, it also gave me something to do now and then. Respecting the freedoms America stands for is part of our culture, and other organizations in other countries also have many good cultural teachings. They don't have to intersect or detract but more on the whole make up the resplendent fabric of the goodness, depth, and variety of humanity.

 

I wish I had been in scouting, if only because I am recently becoming more interested in the outdoors (hiking and camping) and I don't know jack about basic camping stuff.

Is there an adult version of scouting? I'd be interested in joining that.

 

Yeah, scouting is totally for adults. Volunteer

 

As a Scout leader? Can I do that with my lack of knowledge and experience?

 

Of course! How do you think any of us learn? By doing. Buy a scout handbook.

I'm totally serious, btw. I've had great experiences w/ this program. I went 4 days 3 nights this summer into a wilderness area and it was great to share and learn skills with the next generation. Of course, my skills are more advanced at this point, and I like pushing the edge demonstrating serious survival techniques. The men you rub shoulders with are bar none great people.

 

Awesome, thanks for the feedback - I'll be definitely looking into it, I'm sure there's a few scouting clubs (chapters? lodges? I don't even know) where I live! It sounds like a good way to spend time outdoors and away from the computer too.

 

I always hated that kind of shit.

 

Eagle Scout here. I will personally say that I'm pretty sure scouting made me way less of a lil bitch, and I learned a lot of things that I otherwise wouldn't know. Also, Eagle supposedly helps with finding jobs and such.

Delta, I agree that you should look into adult leadership. A lot of adult leaders start off knowing nothing because they're just the father of a kid who wanted to join Boy Scouts. They'll probably have you take some basic leadership courses, and then you'll learn the fun stuff (camping) from experience.

 

Retired cub here. Never became a scout.

 

Oh wait I guess cubs are scouts! Yay I was a scout after all! The only thing I remember from it is going on a train ride.

 

irc lingo relic >> scout salute to @sstteeiinn

Only made it to Life myself, but with an Arrow of Light. Well met, sir. Thanks for speaking up!

 

What is your point?

 

I'm an eagle scout and I think scouting can really bebefit people but I wouldn't say it "kicks your ass "

 

The nazis started as Boy Scouts.

 

How do you "Learn" And what do you mean by, "Grow as a person"?

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I started a petition to pull their tax exempt status after they booed a former president at their national rally. That former president was a scout the president on the stage wasn't a scout.