<p>Who's attending their state's program?</p>
<p>I will be attending Arizona's program. Going to leave for it (stupid 2hrs drive to get there) right now. Haha.</p>
<p>actually, I know the guy that's going to be the dean of something for the AZ Boys state program.
His name is Robert Bryant (or Bryant Robert... I get it mixed up). He's the dean of admissions at my school. I've only heard good things about him.
I'm hoping to go to Missouri's Boys State next year.</p>
<p>I will be also attending BS. Mine is in a few weeks, and I'm ready to run the state! haha</p>
<p>If anybody has attended, I will appreciate an insight of their whole experience.</p>
<p>Boys State * in Nebraska *sucks. The program is a joke. It masquerades itself as an educational program aimed at teaching government to the state's "best youth." But, in practice, the program does not teach anything substantial about government. It does not even try to. Moreover, the participants are not the state's "best youth." There has got to be better youth out there. I hope so, anyways. The majority of the youth were from small towns because each American Legion post gets the same number of representatives regardless of their size. Most of the small town representatives were more interested in jacking around and being around a large group of girls (Girls state happens the same week) than learning government. Hardly the "best" of youth.</p>
<p>Basically, my experience was that it was a week of stupid events (including a dance) that did not really help me learn anything meaningful about government. It looks good on my resume, maybe, but if not for that I reason, I wish I would have never gone.</p>
<p>I've heard Boys State programs vary from state to state, so it's possible Missouri's program is much more respectable. I am only familiar with Nebraska's.</p>
<p>I take it you're bitter?</p>
<p>snoopy- I understand what Blaze is saying. I've been to programs that I had high expectations for, and when they don't live up to them, it's very disapointing (especially when the program is one that is well known and supposed to take the 'best' students).</p>