[Fwd: Re: Help Wanted: Scoutmaster]
Grant O'Neil (oneilg@IINET.NET.AU)
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:22:55 +0800
Saw this on rec.scouting.usa and just had to pass it on...
-------- Original Message --------
From: Rik Bergethon <rberg@rmi.net>
Subject: Re: Help Wanted: Scoutmaster
Newsgroups: rec.scouting.usa
WANTED: NEW SCOUTMASTER!
This person must have the following qualities, in order to be
considered for the job.
1) Have the shoulders of Atlas, on which to carry the
responsibility of a troop full of excited boys who don't know
where they are going, what they are doing or how they will get
there, but plan on having fun doing it, while their parents look
on in horror at what they are doing to accomplish this feat.
2) The patience of Job to supervise the above group.
3) The wisdom of the World to answer all the questions posed to
you about any subject in the world.
4) A Degree in child psychology, to handle all the problems this
group of boys seem to create.
5) A degree in outdoor recreation to teach these boys everything
they will need to know about the great outdoors and the
associated skills.
6) Experince in accounting to help the troop treasurer in
figuring out how the troop can afford new gear or this next
outing.
7) Fundraising experience so you can afford to do the above
things.
8) Public Relations experience to handle irate parents whose son
just told them what really happened on the last outing or why he
didn't pass his last Board of Review.
9) The ability to easily lie through you teeth as you recruit
some assistant Scoutmasters or committee members to help you out
with the above troop, saying it will only take an hour a week.
10) The ego to think that no one an do it as well as you have
done it in the past.
11) The humbleness to realize that maybe somebody can.
12) An extra hour a week, in which to do all of the above.
Good luck.
Rik Bergethon
Pueblo, CO
sleeper54@my-deja.com wrote:
> help me out here, please, guys and gals.
>
> can you help me compose a 'help wanted' ad that he might
> find helpful ?? you know qualities, attributes, skills, etc.
> that would be required/helpful for a scoutmaster.
>
