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Re: What I did on Summer Vacation <g>
Bart Voyce +1 201 386 4632 (bart@FUWUTAI.ATT.COM)
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:35:00 -0400
>I also need some moral support on a decision I made. All of the male
>leaders are ex-Marines, and I didn't mind so much that they were using
>push-ups as discipline. However, by the end of the week, they were
>imposing disciplinary measures that were clearly health and safety
>dangers to the boys (like having them *run* up =and= down a very steep
>hill 15 times, and denying swimming privileges during a 120-degree heat
>index day after the camp director had imposed a mandatory camp-wide
>swim for health reasons).
>...
>We were asked by the SM to find another Troop. And we had two offers
>before we left camp that night ;-)
Don't walk, _RUN_ to another troop. This ex-marine Scoutmaster is not
running a troop, he is running boot camp. While he can maintain
a group of boys that like this atmosphere, this "Scoutmaster" is not
running a BSA program. I've seen this before. Leave as soon as
you can.
.../Bart Voyce, ASM Troop 102, Wayne, NJ. Eagle '77
Terry Howerton Sakima Group, Inc. SCOUTER Magazine Kansas City |
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