Re: Payphones - who needs them ?

>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

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