Originally Posted By magic0214 Congrats, I'm am a stones throw away from getting Eagle, so encourage him to keep going through High School. Not just becuase its a good experience, but looks great on College Resumes.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan OH and we do have a wonderful display of pinewood derby cars that ANDREW designed and painted all by himself.<< That's awesome! Congratulations Andrew!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I'm am a stones throw away from getting Eagle<< WTG Magic! (Do they have a merit badge for stone throwing? ; )
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >but looks great on College Resumes< At least from who I've talked to this is not longer true.
Originally Posted By Labuda Holy cow, seeing that Andrew is becoming a Boy Scout makes me want to ask... how old is your little Holly now? I ask because I remember your LP user name change and now am wondering how long we've known each other/
Originally Posted By Labuda "Congrats, I'm am a stones throw away from getting Eagle, so encourage him to keep going through High School. Not just becuase its a good experience, but looks great on College Resumes." Congratulations on your upcoming Eagle rank! Way to go! Will you also be doing Order of the Arrow?
Originally Posted By avimagine See scouting is fun Even if you guys don't do the grand howl and all that. And your uniforms are the wrong colour and Boy Scouting can be fun. Heh.
Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy Labuda- Holly turned 5 in Dec! Andrew will be 11 in May. I joined LP when he was only 2.
Originally Posted By avimagine my gosh how many of us have been here about a decade or more now eh? Time really flies.
Originally Posted By magic0214 <<<Congratulations on your upcoming Eagle rank! Way to go! Will you also be doing Order of the Arrow>>> Oh heck no! No talking and heavy work for a weekend is not anywhere up my alley ! <<<(Do they have a merit badge for stone throwing? ; )>>> No, but I do have Duck Taping merit badge! <<<At least from who I've talked to this is not longer true.>>> Hey, do you know why? I heard that from someone else too and I was just wondering, I thought any extra-curiccular (<spelling) is good.
Originally Posted By Labuda magic - where on earth do you get that Order of the Arrow involves no talking and heavy labor? It's simply an Honor Society of sorts.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >It's simply an Honor Society of sorts.< I was OoA. The selection process is several hours in darkness and no on is allowed to speak. Most of the work you do to get into the OoA is heavy manual labor and a 24 hour period in the wilderness with few supplies, and no fire making tools. >I thought any extra-curiccular (<spelling) is good.< From who I talked to at several colleges (University of Texas, Penn, and Ohio State) They don't even look at extra-curricular activity unless you are just below the cutoff line. They also said that Eagle used to be a rarer thing, and now they get it all the time. It's now like saying you had a summer job; they just don't care.
Originally Posted By markymouse I'm not sure why I tortured myself reading this entire thread. We've talked about getting our boys into scouting. It has so many great things going for it. But when we've looked into it, the ban on gays is just impossible for us to ignore. A den mom tried hard to convince us that it would have little impact. But gays are banned from ANY official involvement with Boy Scouts (Cub scouts, etc.). We could tag along on family camping trips or attend the pinewood derby like any other parents. But we couldn't do anything official. ANYTHING. That several of our friends have their sons in an organization that believes as a matter of policy that I am not morally fit to even be a Merit Badge Counselor really hurts. I'm a volunteer art teacher at our school. Imagine a student coming up to me to ask if I can be his Merit Badge Counselor for Art. I don't know what I'd say. One more reason we should have moved to Canada years ago. Sorry to hijack your thread for something so WEish. It's great that you've found a group that feels right for your son.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >Sorry to hijack your thread for something so WEish. It's great that you've found a group that feels right for your son.< Eh don't feel bad. I didn't make eagle because I refused to say I believed in a God.
