"Im ready for any challange that is put before me. If i cant best it i will swallow my pride and ask for help, even from an enemy. - me"
So, despite typos, do you REALLY believe this? Of course, asking for help is one thing, listening is totally different. I just spent a week with my scouts, a bunch of 12-13 year olds. One thing I learned, 12-13 year olds are very stubborn and don't like to listen. I taught them all how to start a fire without matches. They all did it. The next day it took one of them 3 matches to start a fire. I asked why and he had forgotten what I taught him. I showed them how to make a debris shelter. I showed them good spots to make their own. I left them alone, and came back later to see they were doing it their way, the hard way. The shelters were too big and would take forever to finish. Kids are like that. I expect them to fight the system and learn to listen. The difference is that I set up safeguards to that when they fail, they don't die. Do you have those safeguards?
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