"Allen Epps" wrote in message
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In article , Doug Kanter
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"Allen Epps" wrote in message
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In article , Doug Kanter
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In retrospect, he says he learned one thing: If he ever joins the
armed
forces, he'll insist on being part of the smallest possible team, or
kill
himself. :-)


You're beginning to make me regret volunteering to teach the FF'ing
merit badge this year!

Memorize this, for when the military wannabees wander over to turn your
activity into a committe-based affair: "Would you like an up-close
demonstration of what fish see when we're throwing streamers at them?"

My nearly twenty years in the military have been dedicated to keeping
morons out of my cockpit so that, along with your guidance should work
well!

Allen, where the hell do these people come from??? :-)

Don't un-volunteer for teaching the course. I agree with others here who've
said that any scout troop is only as good as the people who share their
time. Maybe in the future, even if some kids don't enjoy it, at least a few
will remember learning to fish from some guy whose name they'll forget by
that time.

I'm not sure how my son and I ran into 3 bad troops in a row. Perhaps we
were already predisposed to NOT fit into organizations whose chief purpose
is cluster-fu**s. My son's the same way, and until recently, I worried that
he wouldn't be able to work well in teams. He was great at baseball, but
decided he liked skateboarding better. Some people view that as a solitary
sport, but he always does it with a friend or two, and they end up helping
each other learn new things. When school projects involve just one or two in
a group, he does really well. Bigger than that and he has no patience for
the nonsense.

Hmmm...I just realized something. His attitude comes from fishing. He's
learned you should spend more time fishing and less time cutting bait.