What do you think is more effective boys & girls club or the D.A.R.E program?
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Boys and Girls Club seems to be more hand on - so I would think that would affect kids in a more positive way
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The only difference in average intelligence between regional groupings stem from some populations living in such poverty that malnourishment effects their mental development in a significant way. If your question is whether less healthy lifestyles are effecting the mental development of American youth or not I would say no, at least not yet.  \n\nOn the other hand I’ve noticed that most people with the discipline to maintain a healthy lifestyle apply that same self-discipline to better educating themselves.  This is as opposed to people who are too lazy to keep themselves healthy and often struggle in competitive environments including higher education.  I think I fall somewhere between those two groups, most people do.\n\nRegards,\nArmus
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Boys?  Girls?  Both?  Indoors?  Outdoors?  Quiet?  Action-packed?  :o)  Here are a couple of websites to visit.  I can personalize my answer if I knew specifics (I work with 7th graders at my church...).\n\nhttp://www.youthministry.com/CatTempl.asp?catid=23\nhttp://www.egadideas.com/ideas.asp\nhttp://www.pastor2youth.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=138\nhttp://www.ymspot.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60\nhttp://www.teenlifeministries.com/\nhttp://www.thesource4ym.com/games/
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I think there should be separate schools for students past the sixth grade.  Boys and girls are too much of a distraction for each other.  All those adolescent hormones raging are the blame.\n\nWithout the distraction of the opposite sex in the classroom education can take place.  Plus teachers can focus their teaching to the differences in the learning styles of boys and girls.\n\nBoys and girls from single gender schools have no problem socializing with the opposite sex.  Often the single gender schools will have brother/sister schools for extra-curricular activities.
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the whole point of truth or dare is it is to be played with boys and girls! \na bunch of guys playing ? \nno thanks !      ♠
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I would reduce the student/teacher ratio (doubling the number of teachers). Teaching effectiveness is directly related to individual time with each student (that's why Sylvan is so successful...they don't do anything mysterious or magical...they just give that 1:1 time).\n\nI would take direct funding for sports programs and put them in classrooms. Sports programs should fundraise for themselves, just like fine arts and other extracurricular programs have to. That money could pay for salaries, a textbook in every subject for every child, additional support/diverse curriculum, supplies, etc.\n\nIdentify poor teacher prep programs that are cruising on old certifications and shut them down. If the professional training is bad, then the teacher is very ineffective. A teacher is 50% motivation, 40% professional training, and 10% Prozac.
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I guess you have to define "better". I'm an allstar coach, so of course, I vote in favor of allstar. Allstar is physically more demanding, allows for more stuff than school does (midriff uniforms, LOL, thank god), it's usually practiced on spring floors nowadays, which is ten times safer for crashes and much softer on your wrists when tumbling.\n\nThe competitions are a blast, plus you get to do the outrageous makeup and get cool music (which I make, by the way). Allstars are also known for coming up with really innovative stunts that cheer sponsors just have no clue about, being stuck in the old school style and everything. I mean, God, how many times can you put up a plain ole lib?\n\nAllstars all the way, as far as I'm concerned. Plus the cheers aren't cheesy, and we don't have to do HERKIES! (puke) Who EVER said that was an acceptable jump? It's half a toe touch. LAME!
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Both are equally capable, but the areas of competence are different. Like girls are very good at verbal skills whereas boys are good at analytical reasoning.
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I have boys and girls. I think boys are much easier.. Girls are decieving..they try to hide everything they do. Boys are not as sneaky. The only thing I have to worry about is them wearing and using condoms. None of my kids do drugs or drink. LL.
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I give a lot of credit to the 12-step programs for helping those with addictions of various kinds.  But what we really need is prevention, not simply cure, and for that, kids need two basic things:  (1) facts, not emotional pleas but facts, about drugs and alcohol, and (2) other things to do to occupy their time and engage their interest.\n\nMuch of it has to do with certain cliques that treat getting drunk or stoned as "cool," and poison whole schools with their attitude.  The sober ones tend to be religious, which is fine for those who are religious, but leaves everyone else out in the cold.  \n\nSo activities and clubs and people to hang out with that do not revolve around either the drunk and/or stoned crowd or the holier-than-thou crowd are clearly necessary.  I enjoyed meeting a group of interesting young people at the opening of a new game store recently; kids who like to think, and don't like to mess up their thinking with booze or drugs.  There are people who get hooked on history reenactments, or have sports as a focus, or music or art, and they need to be encouraged and sponsored.\n\nFact is, a kid can avoid the downhill slope if he or she wants to, and having members of the opposite sex involved in something more wholesome is probably still the most enticing magnet for most teens.  Hormones are hormones, after all!
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I think you have a hard fight ahead of you because people opposed to gay-straight clubs have lost every single time in court.  I would start looking around to cases where they have been argued in state and federal court documents to see what arguements people have made.  But you've really got an uphill battle, since no legal team in this country has suceeded in permenantly disbanding or disallowing GSAs.  There is a federal law, the 1984 Equal AccessAct, that protects student clubs.\n\nThe only argument I ever hear is that gay kids will use this club as a dating service, which is kinda an odd argument, since any high school club can be used to meet and date people.  There is also an assumption that these clubs will talk about explicit sexual matters, when if you look at most mission statements, they are about preventing anti-gay bullying and harassment.  And besides, plenty of non-gay clubs will talk about explicit sexual matters.  I was in various drama/theatre extra cirriculars in high school, and we talked about sex all the time.  So yeah, it is possible that GSA members will talk about sex on the side, but almost every other club or group of teens is going to talk about sex on the side, so that is really not an effective arguement for singling out gay clubs.  As for it being non-academic, there are plenty of non-academic groups.  I don't think anyone can argue that football or golf is academic.
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If you have the opportunity to get a true high school diploma, I would suggest that 1st.  it is usually looked upon in a much better light.  however if it is not an option, a G.E.D. is definitely better than nothing.
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Depending on the age, I would go with the Boy Scouts of America or the Cub Scouts. Skip the Girl Scouts -- they are too PC. \n\nLook for a church that has the AWANA program.
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Sure can do! Girls can be better than the boys!
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Being a Girl Scout leader, I'd have to say that I am partial to the Girl Scouts.  What I like best about either one, is that they are seperate organizations for each gender. There are plenty of opportunities for girls and boys to be together, but there are times that they need to be seperate to "do their own things."\nWhat I like about Girl Scouts is that it is not co-ed and that a young woman can grow into her own with self confidence and courage without the added burden of trying to look cool around the boys.\nWhat I like about Boy Scouts is that it is not co-ed and that a young man can grow into his own with self confidence and courage without the added burden of trying to look cool around the girls.\nAnd, btw, there is more to Girl Scouts than cookies.
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I don't know if there's one that is more practicle than another, but when I took one it was mostly just doing puzzles (timed) and some other random stuff like seeing a picture and stating what was missing, doing some math problems in my head, spelling, etc.  I think it varies with the different age groups though, I was 12 when I took it.\nWhen you get the answers back it says what subjects you're best at along with your general IQ.
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I am signing up at my local YMCA. I promised myself I'd do it before age 40, so here we go.\nThey can also point in the right direction, like possibly the Boys and Girls Clubs.