Also, found this article on the Times the other day.  Girl Scouts was a no-go for me, but 4H fit completely despite my being possibly the most awkward child ever. This extended to FFA in high school.  i'm grateful for the work ethics and leadership opportunities garnered there, even if the only parliamentary procedure i've used in the last 5 years was to close an otherwise-informal planning meeting with friends in the most ridiculous manner possible.

Oh, i named a desk 'tensionball' cow Mildred the other day after the dedication in Robert's Rules of Order.

One more thing: the FFA creed totally can apply to science, too. Let's try this thing:

'i believe in the future of science, with faith born not of words but of deeds, achievements won by the past and present generations of Scientists, in the promise of better days through better ways, even as the better things we now enjoy have come to us through the struggles of former years...'  (with apologies to EM Tiffany)