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  1. My all time favorite estate sale find was on the last day of a 3-day sale and everything was 50% off. There was not much left, but in the basement was a dusty bookshelf with a few raggedy looking books. To make this long story short, I purchased a 1911 first edition Boy Scout Handbook for 25-cents!
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  2. The only time our scouts are required to wear the uniform is during travel. We learned 50 to 75 teenagers running around at road stops can make people pretty nervous. The uniform connects scouts to adults. Ironically, we also found the folks at stops act a little better when surrounded by scouts in uniform. That still amazes me. Barry
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  3. For the past few years, I've been teaching the Cyber Chip in our troop. Not necessarily because I like it, not because I think it's a particularly great program, or even because I think I'm uniquely qualified to do it ... I've been doing it simply because nobody else did it. I've taught the class several times --- most often for newly bridged ex-Webelos scouts who wanted to earn Scout rank. A couple times for older scouts working on Star rank or merit badges that required it. THOUGHTS ON MAKING CYBER CHIP WORK FOR A TROOP Here are a few of my experiences and observations:
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  4. We've been off on a tangent. Back to the orginal topic: anybody have any experience, good or bad, with the poly/rayon/wool shirts, whether long-sleeve or short-sleeve?
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  5. I’ve never once owned a LS Scout shirt. I think they look ridiculous when sleeves are worn down, and the long sleeves rolled up for summer looks even sillier. It’s really not a multifunctional shirt in that respect. Wearing a long sleeved shirt under a SS uniform shirt is absolutely the way to go as long as the colors are cordinated - all green or all red or all navy blue, for example, matching the troop colors.
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  6. We plan to encourage rather than require. And peer pressure may help. Why both long-sleeve and short-sleeve? You can wear the long-sleeve year round, rolling up sleeves if needed. Besides it mean not needing to put icky sunscreen lotion all over your arms. I've seen the boys doing this. It looks sloppy.
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  7. I discovered that they still have my bsa member id number from when I was a scout in the mid-90s. Don't think they'll have an email associated with it, from back then, but I wonder if the prodigy email is in there somewhere.
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  8. And... you may have the reason your pack is so small. Few parents want their children exposed to such behaviors.
    1 point
  9. The only badge I encourage the first year is swimming because it’s required for most water activities. And, summer camps have pretty good teachers. I had several scouts start camp as a beginner and leave passing the swim test. Barry
    1 point
  10. Which merit badge courses should he take? Easy - the ones he wants to take. This is how Scouting works. A boy looks for activities he finds interesting, and invests his time in making them happen. If he wants to work on advancement, he'll want to work on required merit badges. If he wants to focus on activities only offered at camp, he'll take those courses. But if he just wants to do merit badges that he finds fun or interesting, he doesn't need to do anything else. Too often we as adults want to steer a Scout's schedule towards what we think they need, and we don't really trust the
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  11. The best feedback? Roundtable, camporees, and jamborees. Be honest to other scouters about how you operate and compare notes. Look for the scouts with the biggest smiles on their faces and say, "Take me to your leader."
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  12. I had a similar problem, but it involved adults. My sons expressed their opinions on the problem adults to me, the SM, and the oldest to his BOR ( middle son had both problem makers on his BORs) Other Scouts complained about the behavior.. Problems got worse and worse. I finally had enough, and left the troop. BEST. DECISION.I. MADE! ( caps, underline, and bold for major emphasis). I admit, I miss my Scouts and my Scouter friends in the other troop, but the decision to leave was the best one. The attitudes my sons have towards the new trrop are a 180 degree turn around. Instead of dreading cam
    1 point
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