For whatever reason, this year Luke experienced being outnumbered as a boy. First, he joined dog obedience classes for the county fair and when it came time to show at the fair, he was the only boy in the project. No other boys showed a dog, this was a first. Also, during the summer, he signed up for and attended the 4H Round-Up during the state conference. In previous years, he signed up for sheep and beef. Each year, he has signed up for different animal species and this year chose horse. He again was the only boy in the entire horse group. I found both this surprising. Then he started classes at his high school in the fall and was signed up for the Animal Science class. After his first week of class, he dropped because once again he was the only boy in the entire class, and the fact that the girls in this group were such drama queens. I wonder what it is that has weeded out all the boys in these groups? I know going forward, these activities being girls only is not going to help encourage more of the boys to join.
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