Re: Payphones - who needs them ?
Bob Eskridge (bob@DOUG.NMSU.EDU)
Tue, 9 Aug 1994 07:31:56 -0600
>>From: don newcomb <newcomb@US2.NAVO.NAVY.MIL>
>>
>>>From: "James R. Holman" <jrholman@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
>>>Sooner than you think. We did have a situation where a kid forgot to bring
>>>his medical form. A call was made to have his form scanned and put on a pc,
>>>someone dialed in with a portable, retrived the form, printed it and saved
>>>his parents a trip back to camp. Technology, ain't it wonderful.
>>
>>I have really mixed feelings about this one. I'm a techno-geek myself; I
>>admit it. I carry a Psion plamtop computer with me, have a second phone
>>number at home just for FAX, have been known to take a cellular phone
>>backpacking. But when the boys learn that they don't really have to
>>remember all their stuff for camp (e.g. medical forms) because they
>>can just get it FAXed in from home, what does this teach them about
>>the Scout Motto? What do they learn except that it is ok if you are
>>not prepared for camp, the adults will work it out. It would have been
>>a much better lesson if he had been made to sit in a chair in the camp
>>director's office while his parents drove to camp either to deliver the
>>form or retrieve the boy. (Calvinism does have its place.)
>
>My hat is off to the scout who used his brain to find a solution to
>his problem. He shouldn't be punished for his forgetfulness, but rather
>praised for his resourcefulness. I think he taught US a thing or two...
>
>.../Bart
Bart,
Who was "resourceful" the adults or the boy? It appears from the post the
boy was off participating in the program while the adults were scrambling
to get the form faxed to camp.
I would have to tend to agree with James on this one. The way we handle it
is no one gets on the bus without his Scout handbook, fieldguide, a set of
"Class A's" on his body and his physical.
Bob
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