Scouts + School = ?

[Stosh 3452]

The bully wins every time one backs down.  That's how the game is played.

 

BSA and every member is being cowered into backing off every thing it once stood for because no matter what the issue was, it always assumed it was on the short end of the stick.  That too is how the game is played.

 

Individuals will feel embarrassed or persecuted?  Which is it?  They are two different things.  That is how the game is played as well.

[SSScout 1615]

A lot of teens don't want to be seen as "out of the group"...

* ""A"" student.

*Big on Science/Math/Biology/ Landscape Design

*Wear.... turtle necks/Wide Jeans/Skinny Jeans/ Button Shirts/skirts

* Walk to school

*Drive to school

* Long hair

* Skin Head

* Scout (??)

 

And who do they ask when they need some rope, or some help organizing something, or need to operate the Prometheum screen or the stage light board or ...

 

Be the group that a student wouldn't want to be out of..... Be the group that KNOWS how to fold the flag/march with it/ ...   be your bunch of "specialist" geeks....

[qwazse 4342]

I’m in nursing, was just explaining why there is a restaurant in my school haha.

oh, I remember that, now.

We can now tell which scouters grew up when on this.

I think men in nursing became more popular in the mid-80s. One of my best buddies from high school took it up, and it spring-boarded him into a career in medical device sales.

I'm glad to hear that being a track starting in high schools.

[Sentinel947 1205]

I'm a bit late to the party. 

When I was a senior in High School (2011), I got called to the Principals office. He asked me for a list of all the Eagle Scouts in the school, and asked me to arrange a color guard for a Naturalization Ceremony that was taking place at my High School. Some of the guys didn't want to do it because they feared the social ostracism. I had never worn my uniform to school until that day. I had to go back to class after the ceremony and didn't have time to change. 

 

It was fine. I don't even remember if people made snarky comments about me. It was a great confidence booster for me. 

The memory I have from that day is sitting with some of my fellow Eagle Scouts and watching the proud tears of the family members and friends of those who were gaining their citizenship, and my pride at being a small part of making that moment special to them. 

 

Your choice. I was already a nerd. Everybody knew it. A year later I was wearing the uniform of the US Army as an ROTC cadet. It's not the uniform overtop that matters, it's the man underneath. Most high school kids don't get that, and that's their problem. 

 

[ItsBrian 284]

Update:

 

Turns out after all I will not be able to attend the event due to my First Responder class can be missed, but would have to do it during the first two periods which I can not miss since I will  be missing the next day due to being a student ambassador (prior commitment), and can't miss two days of the same classes in a row.

 

Thanks all for your opinions