Re: Eagle requirements additional

> Yes... A scout that meets the requirements has every right to
> wear the badge. They climbed the mountain and made it to the
> top. We should congratulate them for this feat, but how they got
> to the top and what they learn along the way will only be known
> by that individual scout. I hope they learn a few things to make
> them a good parent, a great leader, a wonderful athlete, or an
> honest mechanic (I'll regret that statement).

I agree with this. My experience as a youth was that my folks more or less
laid it on the line that I was going to get Eagle. In some ways I felt
they earned more than I had as my self motivation to earn it was not
there.

But I learned a few things from the experience and now I'm the SM putting
in an average of 80hours/month at scouting events so far this year, while
a couple other Eagle dads aren't really helping very much. Who deserved
it? Who deserves it? Who knows.

I find it disheartening the number of times on this list people make
statements about worthiness of certain scouts getting the award. I think
we do a grave disservice making judgments about the worthiness of an Eagle
scout. I'm reminded of the story of Jacob, of the Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob fame. Jacob, a scoundrel who cheats his brother Esau out of his
birthright and high tails it to a foreign country is the one judged worthy
by God and given a new name of Israel which is retained or reclaimed
thousands of years later by a nation-state. This story, others in history,
and some that I've seen myself keep me out of the judgment game. If they
earn the rank give it to 'em and let's let scout and God decide if the
boy is worthy to have gotten it, and the man is worthy enough to continue
to honor it.

YiS, Bob Losee, SM of T25, Lincoln NE

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