my mom is making me do boy-scouts for a hole year and i hate it .i'm loosing friends to.what should i do?
2006-06-05 10:44:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Talk to your mom. Tell her how you feel. Have an alternative plan like baseball or an art class. I understand. My daughter didn't want to do dance but I made her finish the year. Maybe your mom wants you to finish what you started.
2006-06-05 10:48:42 · answer #1 · answered by boohoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Susan. Tell your mom how you feel, but have an alternative activity that you think you might enjoy, that you can suggest to her to do instead. It may be your mom wants you doing something where you are part of a group, learning some skills and hopefully enjoying yourself, and I think to many parents, Boy Scouts fits that bill.
2006-06-05 17:54:10 · answer #2 · answered by aliantha2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an eagle scout I have really benefited from what scouting has taught me. The leadership skills i learned helped me to become a very successful in the business world. I suggest you give it a try. If your "friends" don't understand maybe they are not your real friends.
2006-06-07 13:26:40 · answer #3 · answered by Joe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay if you hate it that bad, tell your mom that you hate it but you better have a good reason why. If you are losing friends maybe you want to refrain from telling them you are in boy scouts. After all is said and done you might actually enjoy it.
2006-06-05 17:48:43 · answer #4 · answered by HK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy Scouts is one of the best organizations that you can associate yourself with. It will teach you life skills including discipline, trustworthiness, loyalty, helpfulness, courteousness, kindness, cheerfulness, thriftiness, cleanliness, bravery, and reverence, among other things.
I promise you will be a better person for it. Sorry, but I side with the mom!
2006-06-11 20:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude can i tell you a story. i started scouting at 7 years old and never stopped going and eventually became a scoutmaster. when i was in high school I felt the same way you are feeling, i believed that friends from school think it's uncool to be in scouts, but only because in hs school that's what peopole do they make fun of other people to make themselves feel more important!
5 years after high school i was sitting at a red light and someone from that high school that made fun of me for being in scouts pulled up in the next car over. he only had 15 seconds to talk to me before the light turned green. he olny had time to ask ONE question... his question was,,,
"Hey, did you ever make Eagle?"
you could have 2 or 3 sets of friends,, scouts is only a few hours a week. not a tough task!. no different than having a set of friends from little league. do you yourself stop being someone's friend if he has something to do away from you for a few hours a week? of course not! that person is not loosing friends just because he steps away from hanging out with you and your frineds for a few hours!
dude, if a freind is going to stop hangin with you becuase you are not with him for a few hours a week, i would question WHY he wants you all to himself all the time?!!!. hmmm?
how cool is it to be out all weekend without your parents. it is awesome
how cool is it to sit around a campfire at night after you get dropped off for the weekend? it is awesome. ...
how cool it is to look out over a cliff after climbing the steep slopes. it is awesome.
how cool it it to know that you have just swam a MILE, that'll impress the girls. it is awesome
how cool is it to know CPR and first aid to be able to save someone's life? maybe even your grandmother's life. it is awesome...
How cool is it to say that you helped the senior citizen center with leaf raking? it is awesome...
how cool is it to know a million different knots and make a monkey bridge across a river, that impresses girls instead of saying" i don't know how". it is awesome
how cool is it to be one of only a few people that know how atomic engery works or what is needed for fish and wildlife management, it is awesome
how cool is it to how a compass and map works or tell tile using the sun,that should impress your friend when they get los reading a regular street map. it is awesome....
how cool is it to be able to hit a bulls-eye in both archery and rifle, it is awesome....
sorry, but there is no merit badge for sitting on a couch getting fat and playing a video games. you could do that also, just not for that few hours a week of boy scouts. your friend can manage to live without you for a few hours a week. i'm sure.
even though you think you'll know your friends in high school forever, once you join the service or go to college, you'll see that those firends are much more awesome.. after you enter the real world you most likely not see them for a decade until the reunion.
please stay in scouts
2006-06-11 09:46:28 · answer #6 · answered by camptadma 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
tell her you are not enjoying it.
if you are losing friends over it - then they were not freiends to begin with.
boyscouts can be fun - why not give it a change - it also looks GREAT on a resume when you grow up!!
2006-06-05 17:48:42 · answer #7 · answered by Shopaholic Chick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe your mom wants you to meet new friends and try different activities, moms are very smart people and they should be paid attention to and listened to .
2006-06-05 17:52:36 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just dont go it should be your choice
2006-06-05 17:49:29 · answer #9 · answered by tanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋