Re: Scouts who don't achieve Eagle - was Charter Scout

At 06:31 AM 5/28/98 -0700, Steven Featherkile said:
>To the "Eagle Priesthood"
>
>I advanced to Second Class, then circumstances changed and I had to drop
>out. The lessons I learned in that short time stayed with me and have
>served me well as an adult, in the USMC and in the Navy. I am now a
>"Life-Long Scouter," former Scoutmaster, current Explorer Advisor of a
>traditional High Adventure Post and District Commissioner. I hardly
>consider myself a failure. If there are some on this list who might do
>so... go take a hike.
>
>Thanks, Steve, for sticking up for me.
To both Steves, and all:

I too advanced only to First Class, and no further. It was not due to lack
of interest on my part, but to lack of being able to keep a scoutmaster in
the mountains of Western NC. We never had any assistant SM's, and never
went a full calendar year with a SM in place. I understand that the troop
is no longer in existance, and has not been for some time.

I always regretted not being involved in a better troop, and being able to
climb higher in rank, but still I learned a lot from scouts, and am now a
dedicated Scouter. Still I will never have the advantage or thrill of
being able to say that I am an Eagle scout. I do not consider myself a
failure either, I just wish I could have done more.

I will however, soon be able to wear the WB Beads of SR-201, when my entire
patrol is beaded together as a group sometime in August.


John Tudor
ASM Troop 184
Morganton, NC

Troop 184 Web Site http://troop184.hypermart.net

Wood Badge SR-201 1997
QBSA Radio 1997, News Director

I used ta be a "Bad News Bear".....I can hardly "Bear" it!!!

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