I do not think that the average US-teenager has the stamina to involve himself/herself in a 'German-style' club operation.

We have people in the USA that make gross generalizations about people of a certain age who're from certain countries. On average, those people are ignorant.

Son - call yourself lucky if the situation is different at your place! I have been observing the situation in the US for 30+ years and flown in three clubs, where the situation was/is as dismal as I described it. Ignorant? Hardly! Just stating the facts.
I was a member in a club here where one instructor actually proposed to change the by-laws to bar anyone under 21 from joining or at least to build a fenced in 'play-pen' - as he called it - for those below that age! Talk about ignorance ...

Uli
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