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I'm going to Wood Badge. Can anyone give me some guidance on these tickets? -
I think, sometimes, the beneficiary isn't really so keen on the project, but gives the scout the OK so that he can earn his eagle. They see themselves as helping out the scout rather than being the beneficiary of the scout's project. -
It's easy to get lost when you forget, or never knew, the destination. Scouting is not about running a well-oiled machine. Mistakenly believing that a well-oiled machine is the boal, as BSA does from time to time, drives adult leadership. The goal is the Scout learning to accept and carry out responsibility, with all the bumps in the road that such a goal entails. The point is not that everyone "got the word" but that they were given the word, to whatever extent, by the leaders - youth not adults. Sadly, training is no longer a BSA priority, and most employees of BSA and councils are weak on what Scouting is supposed to be. So, noting that explaining the Patrol Method is now an advancement requirement (for "Scout"), I asked BSA for the answer. It could not give the answer or refer me to a coherent statement of what it is - just to bits and pieces. But they did want to help me with planning my estate. 😉 -
if you want to educate in the patrol method, you might review the ILST materials. They are overwhelmingly, as the title suggest, about the "troop method, " unlike the long-gone district-level Junior Leader Orientation Workshop, killed off in 2001 without explanation. JLOW began with 'Welcome to Scouting's Toughest job," and that referred to Patrol Leader, being based on actual Boy Scouting. Some Councils fight the good fight by offering JLOW despite BSA's abandonment of training outside the troop short of NYLT . Some volunteers offer JLOW independently of their councils e.g. http://www.chuh.net/troop22/resources/JLOW-02.pdf being pushed by many at BSA.
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I think what's likely is one of two things. Either someone did the following calculation: 1. If someone falls on a wood boardwalk we allowed to be installed, they might sue us for permitting it to be slippery or a tripping/falling hazard. 2. If someone falls on a natural trail, they can't sue us because "hey, it's the ground!" or Someone with some clout was out there and saw the leaf covered boardwalk and thought it was ugly because they just "wanted to enjoy the pristine wilderness in it's natural state".
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