Scout

When I was a child, I was a YMCA scout for about 5 years in Lystrup in Denmark. From my time as a scout, I recall, for example, that we learned to live in nature - including moving around in nature, cooking in nature and sleeping in nature. For example, I remember learning to cook food over a fire in nature and clean up afterwards using cold water. Learning quite a lot outdoors was a good complement to my primary school education at Elsted School during which most learning happened in classrooms.

As a scout I remember that we went on quite a lot of hikes. Hiking with a backpack was a great opportunity to develop physical strength and learn about the importance of living healthily. And walking with other young people was also an opportunity to develop communicating skills. When hiking, I recall that we sometimes also sang songs. I liked that.