I was a scout girl for many years, but here we do not have boys and girls separate. We all did the same things, went to same camps etc. It is quite militant organization true to it's roots. Sleeping in tents even in middle of winter, and long hikes through the woods with all our equipment on our backs is very same as they do in military. It taught me a lot of things about nature, first aid and orienteering etc, but once you stopped fitting in (like me with my green hair) they started to push you out.
Only alternative scouting in US I know are the pagan Circle Scouts.
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Date: 2005-03-31 09:47 am (UTC)Only alternative scouting in US I know are the pagan Circle Scouts.