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Guiders Staff Room Part 3

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Groovee · 08/11/2016 17:51

Reconvening over here ladies.

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Groovee · 13/02/2019 19:39

Welcome @Beamur

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Beamur · 13/02/2019 17:56

Hello. Can I join you?

MarieVanGoethem · 13/02/2019 17:43

Presumably somewhere in the mix has to be recusitating whyyyyyyyyy have girls STOLEN Scouts from boys whyyyyyyyy?! &/or Scouts do all the cool outdoor stuff & Guides sit in the hall & do craft & cook two posts after multiple lengthy, detailed, & eloquent explanations as to why those statements are made of Purest Wrong (forged in the cauldron of idiocy...)

BringOnTheScience · 13/02/2019 17:09

Level 2 has "Was kicked out of Brownies xx years ago".

What Level do you think 'griping about how expensive uniform is' should be?

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Groovee · 13/02/2019 08:44

Part 3: how to derail debate

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MillicentMargaretAmanda · 13/02/2019 08:27

And one level should definitely be: repeatedly engage in the debate on why Scouting admitted girls and Guiding didn't admit boys...

MillicentMargaretAmanda · 13/02/2019 08:12

Level One: Spotting Girlguiding threads in the wild...

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Groovee · 13/02/2019 08:08

A UMA of Bingo too, could award 45 minutes to it.

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BringOnTheScience · 12/02/2019 23:21

We could go the whole hog and create a MN Skill Builder. Nice dark MN blue hexagons.
Suggestions for 5 clauses in each Level please Smile

Becles · 12/02/2019 17:49

A badge you say?🤔

MillicentMargaretAmanda · 11/02/2019 13:44

@bringonthescience Yes!!!

BringOnTheScience · 11/02/2019 13:42

Perhaps we need a ODFOD badge that we could award on these threads?
1 - state how Scouts is better
2 - claim to have been thrown out
3 - give an excuse for why you can't help

MillicentMargaretAmanda · 11/02/2019 11:07

@becles someone on the first page claims they were thrown out for finding a poo on a scavenger hunt... Hmm

Becles · 11/02/2019 10:35

I'm running a raffle for the next ranty post. How many people will have been kicked out of brownies or guides? I'm going with 12 within 50 posts.

bonus badge from my stash for the person who correctly guesses the most outlandish or random reason for the banishment.

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Groovee · 11/02/2019 09:51

You came across very well @MillicentMargaretAmanda but you know people like to get their knickers in a twist 🤪

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MillicentMargaretAmanda · 11/02/2019 09:36

I dived in. Apparently I'm being unnecessarily huffy. Probably am but I just get SO FED UP of the generalisations.

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Groovee · 11/02/2019 08:29

Don't cha just love the sweeping generalisations of people on an anonymous Internet forum. 😭😆

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Becles · 11/02/2019 01:09

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3504946-Brownies-a-waste-of-time

I couldn't bring myself to comment as yet but feel free

InflagranteDelicto · 08/02/2019 23:25

I've had them drop them on the way out of the hall! Parliament week badge, so not particularly small either.

MillicentMargaretAmanda · 07/02/2019 22:02

Well hopefully Flossie will learn to be a lot more careful with her badges... sigh.
I've had mine drop them on the way out of the hall after I've said three times 'Don't drop your badges on the way out'. I'm afraid I have little sympathy if they do lose them!

BringOnTheScience · 07/02/2019 15:46

Thank you 😀
Last weekend. It all went very well and the groups worked perfectly. All asleep by 10.30 on both nights!

Only remaining glitch is that one Flossie has lost her badges already & mum seems unimpressed that I don't have spares.

There was wine Wine

InflagranteDelicto · 07/02/2019 08:02

Found the thread again.

BringontheScience I don't envy you that parent. How long before the holiday?

BringOnTheScience · 30/01/2019 18:19

Becles wine will certainly be involved on Sunday!

ifancyagreencard · 30/01/2019 17:30

@gonzales I've just found this thread thanks to your original thread back in November ;-)

Welcome to Rainbows. I've got 15 years under my belt and will be honest, I'm not loving the new programme. And I like to think of myself as a forward thinking and progressive Guider, not one who always harks back to the Good Old Days . . .

Our plan is to deliver what we "need" to in the most positive way we can ie the requisite SBs and UMAs. Leaving plenty of room for the activities we know the girls enjoy. Our girls (and parents) are refreshingly unhung-up on "achievement"; so far there's been very little interest in the Interest badges and I can't see us getting many Golds in the years to come.

Our aim is for the girls to Look, Learn, Laugh and Love with us, and leave with some simple life skills and having grown in confidence.

Good Luck with your Unit

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