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To: joe who wrote (26493)	12/5/1998 6:37:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Joe, I could see how kids that never got a chance to do those things might have wanted to get into the boy scout scene... I did it for one camping trip and decided that camping with my Dad and uncles was a whole lot more fun. I found some of the adults involved to be unnecessarily bossy and dominant, the kind of father that ends up screaming at umpires in little league games. I was obviously pretty lucky in having a father who cared enough to teach his kids to shoot and fish, tie knots, climb rocks and trees, to paddle boats, to not only love the outdoors but to develop the skills and the attitudes to really experience it. I remember that every time I watch my own kids developing those skills, and it saddens me to think that as we grow increasingly urbanized, so many people will grow up thinking of nature as something you see on discovery channel. At the same time, a structured and inherently hierarchical organization with a distinctly competitive flair (how many merit badges does your kid have?) seems a poor device to teach kids something that should involve liberation from structure, hierarchy, and competition. As usual, I don't have a credible alternative to offer. Steve