if I hadn’t already known Emily had issues, I never would have known from that Brownie meeting.
There were girls who wanted to talk and talk and talk, girls who raised their hand at any opportunity – tellingly, these were the girls who joined us from the other troop – and there were girls who didn’t ever volunteer, but whom I called on anyway and who had good answers when asked. Emily fell at that end of the spectrum. She didn’t speak up, but when asked, she had good, relevant answers. Like “What can you do to help stop germs?” “Well, washing your hands is good for not having germs.” The answer was well within the range of normal answers from the troop. And she stayed at the table or in the circle or wherever the other girls were, and participated well.
I was really afraid it was going to be heartbreaking to do this, to see what the other girls were doing that Emily wasn’t. But she fit right in, and nobody said anything or, I think, thought anything about it.
And you know what? For the whole meeting, I didn’t notice or think about it either. Amazing.
Well, there’s a shocker.
Your results:
You are Superman
| Superman |
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85% |
| Spider-Man |
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80% |
| Robin |
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70% |
| Supergirl |
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63% |
| Iron Man |
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60% |
| Green Lantern |
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60% |
| Wonder Woman |
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53% |
| The Flash |
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45% |
| Hulk |
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35% |
| Catwoman |
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30% |
| Batman |
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30% |
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You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.
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…went very well. The girls are sharp as tacks and blew threw our main activity and our backup activity, leaving us with 30 minutes to fill. Which we did, by talking about toothbrushing, calcium, sleep, doctor visits, and hearing from two moms who were there who were nurses. So a badge we thought would take two sessions to earn is done. They picked “Manners” as their next badge to work on.
Our cookie mom (not me!) has whipped into action and we’re getting a booth to sell at our local ginormous Harris Teeter.
I suggested that our cookie mom work with us on the cookie badge, and she will, so I’m off the hook for that meeting. Yay!
Still to be resolved: dues. Badges cost $1.25 each and come out of troop funds. Current troop funds=0.
More later – my daughter is singing Agalina Hagalina, the same song she’s been singing nonstop all day, and I’m too tired to tune it out properly and focus on writing.