A girl scout who is currently involved in a california chapter is presenting a boycott on girl scout cookies because she says “GSUSA cares more about promoting the desires of a small handful of people than it does for my safety, and the safety of my friends and sister Girl Scouts. And they are doing it with money we earned for them from Girl Scout cookies and money we pay them for uniforms, books, patches, and anything with the Girl Scout logo on it.” The small group of people causing the teenager named Taylor says are conflicting with the safety of fellow girl scouts is transgender boys who want to join girl scout troops. She says these technically male group members cause problems when it comes to housing girls in certain tents and contradicts the all girl experience promised and praised by the Girl Scout organization.
I dont think what Taylor and her family are doing is taking a look at this whole situation from the transgender individuals perspective. Im sure being a transgender boy already has many problems that come along with it, now all they want is to try to fit in somewhere and they decide to join the girl scouts because they identify themselves as girls anyway and now this girl they don’t even know is stepping forward and causing problems for them that seem unnecessary to me. My personal philosophy is that if its not hurting anyone just let people do what they want to do, also the girl scouts have a quote about admission saying they want to “Ensure that no girl is treated differently. Girl Scouts welcomes all members, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, background, culture, sexual orientation, gender… [EDIT: I think the document she’s referring to is this. The text she discusses is on page 17 and does, indeed, read as indicated.]”. So essentially anyone can be in the girl scouts so i don’t really see where the problem is.
“involved in a california chapter,” Evan? Are you trying to fail? Is she a member of a California chapter? Or does she do PR for the chapter? Please don’t go out of your way to be vague when clarity is so simple:
A California girl scout . . . .
“is presenting a boycott on girl scout cookies.” Does presenting mean she has heard about the boycott and it sharing the news with her troop? And please know when to capitalize Girl Scout and when not to. Capitalize California every time.
A California girl scout has called for a boycott on Girl Scout cookies . . . .
What does “The small group of people causing the teenager named Taylor says are conflicting with the safety of fellow girl scouts is transgender boys” mean? When so little of the text in your post is your own language, Evan, you need to take responsibility for every word.
Your “She says” sentence is nicely constructed, Evan, so I know you can get rid of the hopelelessly vague “cause problems when it comes to housing girls in certain tents,” which needs to be crystal clear but in fact means nothing at all.
Please tell me what you do think instead of what you don’t think. If you do think Taylor is ignoring something, say so, that way.
*dont
*individuals
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*”being” doesn’t have problems
Your “Im sure” sentence is a mess.
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*do, also = comma splice
Your analysis that you don’t really see where the problem is hardly refutes Taylor’s claims, Evan. If the quote you cite was well-known Scout policy when she joined, you might have a point that this is the organization she signed on with. Was it?
Fails for Grammar repeatedly.
Go to Grammar Basics (always available in the sidebar) for help finding fatal errors. Not all the grammar errors in this post will be identified in Grammar Basics, but they need to be corrected anyway. Fix them to reveal your true grade and this note will disappear. 🙂
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