I had a friend growing up that became highly active in the scouts. When He got up to Eagle scout he told me that he wished he had stopped scouting a long time ago because it had taken away time that he could have been with his real friends instead of his scout troop.
I really liked my first Boy Scout troop in L.A. From age 11-12 I went camping a bunch, hiked the Grand Canyon, went sailing, played a bunch of smear the 'guy with the ball', etc,... We moved to AZ when I was 12 and the new troop my parents tried to get me to join thought a great time consisted of a meeting followed by a game of red rover. I never went back.
I've sometimes regretted not getting my eagle scout, but not enough to have wanted to stay in Scouts.
And it didn't take being an eagle scout to develop a love of playing with fire,... just ask my neighbor about her garage, and the guy down the block about his gas station.... (you can't prove a thing).
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