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Re: 2nd & 1st Class Swimming Requirements

Bruce E. Cobern (bec@PIPELINE.COM)
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 22:29:09 -0400


At 04:45 PM 9/23/97 -0500, Blaine A. Jackson wrote:

>On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 11:00:32 -0400 "Calvin H. Gray"
><405geezer@IGG-TX.NET> writes:

>>On the Scout Handbook pages which list the 2nd & 1st Class swimming
>>requirements, a footnote states, "This requirement may be waived by the
>>troop committee for medical or safety reasons."
>>
>>Every now and then, our troop has a boy who can't satisfy the 2nd
>>and/or 1st Class swimming requirements. Using "safety" as the reason,
>our
>>troop committee has a long-standing policy to waive the swimming
>requirements
>>for these boys.
>
>Calvin,
>
>Your committee is doing these scouts a great disservice. You are also
>potentially creating a dangerous situation for the scout.

Blaine:

Thank you. I thought I was the ONLY one who felt this way. It seems that
to Calvin it is more important that the Scout advance with his peers than
that he meet the requirements. That way he can continue on his march to
having whatever ridiculously high number of Eagles he has set as his goal,
at whatever ridiculously young age he believes is appropriate.

Considering he himself says that it is rare that he finds a Scout who can't
be taught to swim he has absolutely NO justification for the waivers.

Oh well, some people have different views of what this program is supposed
to be about.

--
Bruce E. Cobern
mailto:bec@pipeline.com

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