Shit HolidaysCamping on a dried-up river bed, we discovered when it rained during the night and half of our equipment and clothes were already most of the way to the Irish Sea why you shouldn't camp on a dried-up riverbed. Tell us about crappy holidays.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 10:32)
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the most gutting thing is that no employer in history has ever been impressed by DofE on a CV(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 10:43,
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Are you one these Michael Gove types, who view children's formative years as little more than preparation for the jobs market?(
monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 10:58,
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no ... I'm saying exactly the opposite of thatDofE has become a default CV filler ... it's like an outward bound A level
I'd much rather employ somebody who did stuff off their own back ... or just dicked about like a normal teenager
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 11:22,
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Right-o.I've always assumed that kids got involved in DofE, Scouting, and such, because they enjoyed that sort of thing, rather than because they had one eye on their future CV.
Maybe some kids were considerably more forward looking than I was.
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 13:31,
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oh I'm sure some of them are just terrible dweebs who genuinely want to go camping with other dweebsbut for pushier schools and parents they're definitely a CV tick box
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 15 Aug 2014, 13:34,
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