wilkox comments on Leveling IRL - level 1 - Less Wrong

20 Post author: cousin_it 09 August 2011 05:12PM

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Comment author: wilkox 09 August 2011 11:09:47PM 8 points [-]

This sounds a lot like the Scouting merit system, in a good way. I learned more life skills from Scouts then I ever did from public education.

Comment author: Raemon 10 August 2011 04:42:41PM 6 points [-]

I did learn things from scouting (I'm and Eagle Scout) but an awful lot of those things were "stuff I did to check off a box and then promptly forget about" rather than "stuff I did because I wanted to learn it an integrate it into my life."

I am embarrassed at how little first aid I remember.