Archery?

 Some will tell you, you're an idiot to take up archery in the 21st century. One thing is certain  however, you are not an idiot if you do something amazingly; you can't be an idiot to do archery (dynamic, non anchored) amazingly.

You may then say (i to myself), "no, from a practical perspective, with guns, there is no need to learn how to use a bow". 

First, it beats a sport where I can't make the materials to do the activity. I cant make a gun. Making ammunition is also something that needs external manufacturing means.

Second, what was the last useless thing you forced your child to focus on? Math? French? I mean, sure you may take up either as a life long pursuit; but if you don't --- man, those wasted years doing or trying calculus... there are far more useless uses of youth that have been made mandatory by society. 

Or maybe, you'd rather throw on some nut snaching tights and ride around your neighborhood thinking you Lance Armstrong, at 50? (Which is OK I guess - those bikes go pretty fast - still a dork) Or tell your kid to learn how to - kick an effing synthetic ball.....? Or skip around a chunk of tar whith a stick - on a surface that is only naturally around for half a year? Or, hop on a scooter....ugh... You may be thinking "what is wrong with all that???". Think about it....Everything, from a practical perspective.

Third, let's look back at the gun topic. We'll, I need a license. I need a store. A gun's no fun to cary in the woods. Eight pounds of dead long iron is no fun to run and jump with. Can't arm yourself in a foreign forest.

Since we have to do something in life and not sit around, a mentally void yogi, humans retarded the consious mental process of reason, so we could justify our lives with the lie of "rational activity"; when pushed to its limit, I'll stick to the bow. Will you?