So good to hear of your wonderful memories, QuiltE and OksewGlad with your 4-H groups. You made it worthwhile and learned from it, and have taught others what you have learned. Yes, you get out of it what you want too if you apply yourself. Same is true for school learning. We teach the masses, but not everyone in the mass wants to learn, and parents just want to blame the teacher too often. (Then tell you they cannot control the child any longer.) Very happy we are not in that field anymore; most staff members just want to fight one another instead of being united in teaching the child for the child's sake. Its all about the child, not the merit pay for the teacher or pennies saved by the school board or legislature. The child's time is NOW, not in the far distant future....time flys by, the child grows up all too quickly. I applaud parents and sponsors and teachers who take the time for each child now. They are the ones who reap the rewards with the child; the child's smile is priceless. Or that light in their eyes when they understand and grasp what you are teaching them...priceless.
Not too different from when we grasp a new quilting idea; and then go "Ooooh!" Why didn't I think of that!!. Yep, we can still have those perfect moments at any age.