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By RememberSchiff · Posted
Back in the day, I remember the old merit badge pamphlets were always red. -
I was only looking for a couple last week, but I did buy my daughter horsemanship and it was Scouting America branded. -
Ya got three kinds a Scouts. Those that want Merit Badges and those that want to EARN Merit Badges, and those that just wanna go camping and hiking. We will not discuss those that are not Scouts, but in the "civilian"" group, you can find the same approximate type of kids. Merit Badge Books are great middle school introductions to the subject, we all know that. The bane of the MBCounselor's existence is the WORKSHEET. Whoever developed those is not someone who wants MBs to be EARNED so much as Wikipedia'd . Cut and paste. Fortunately, many MBs can't be work booked.... Knots and lashings have to be DONE. Bugles have to be played. You ever get the impression when you ask that leading question (Socratic Method?) that the Scouts are sort of waiting to discern what answer YOU want to hear? The ebooks are a great leap into the great compooter world to come (has arrived?) . Stock preprinted books for a price, or get a iPad or Kindle thingy, or print it out yourself? "That's alot of paper and expensive ink !!" Yes but.... Lithium batteries, or $15. book? ummm ebook can be edited with a keystroke. Shades of the Ministry of Truth..... Permanent paper book can't be changed . My 1960ish MBbook is a historic artifact, reflective of the society. My Hilcourt 1956 Fieldbook shows a shirtless Scout correctly felling a 20" diameter Poplar (I think) with a nice axe. I tell my Woodtools class at IOLS that we don't have enough trees for our Scouts to practice correct, safe felling , hence today's Fieldbook doesn't have such a picture. But come the nexr Carrington Event.... Oh, don't get me wrong, if the iPad reader is handy for the Scout to read (!) the MBbook, and learn thereby, go for it. All 138 MBs in one handy Lithium Manganese battery packed Apple core, great. Maybe the signal will be better on THAT rock face.... -
By RememberSchiff · Posted
Or perhaps merit badge pamphlets are printed outside the US?
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