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a friend told me about this program pilot. Looks like the adventure experience that older scouts would really connect with......amazing video -- why haven't we heard more about this?

1911 BSA handbook; "And then the final and chief test of the scout is the doing of a good turn to somebody every day, quietly and without boasting. This is the proof of the scout. It is practical religion, and a boy honors God best when he helps others most. A boy may wear all the scout uniforms made, all the scout badges ever manufactured, know all the woodcraft, campcraft, scoutcraft and other activities of boy scouts, and yet never be a real boy scout. To be a real boy scout means the doing of a good turn every day with the proper motive and if this be done, the boy has a right to be classe

Hey, I appreciate your feedback, but I think you're projecting a little bit when you describe what I envision as character development. I wouldn't look at penalizing a boy or crushing his spirit because he couldn't explain a concept. My follow up questions were not to belittle or attack, but to try to quietly draw out a little more that was probably lurking underneath, but in that instance, I didn't get the opportunity. The benefit of the conversation would be, I hoped, to help the youth realize that this "stuff" is important/relevant/helpful/valuable, too. (not more than knots and fires, b

The centerpiece of the "Personal Growth" Method when it was introduced, was the "Personal Growth Agreement Conference" with its own paperwork: the official "Personal Growth Agreement" contract. The Scout was required to list specific goals and then meet them before his next advancement. To accommodate the anticipated flood of "urban youth" who hate Scoutcraft, the goals need not have anything to do with Scouting. Thanks for the welcome! Thanks for the insight -- I was 5 in 1971 so I kinda missed the significance until now. Appreciate the head's up on the context. It's good to ga

Agree - its a step in the right direction, and i appreciate your input on an important topic affecting personal growth, adult association, advancement, and character development. I also recognize that this type of discussion is part of T-2-1 requirements and is typically handled as the last step of advancement, and done during the start of the scoutmaster conference. (i.e. Tenderfoot #11 -- Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. Discuss four specific examples of how you have lived the points of the Scout Law in your daily life.)

Agree - its a step in the right direction, and i appreciate your input on an important topic affecting personal growth, adult association, advancement, and character development. I also recognize that this type of discussion is part of T-2-1 requirements and is typically handled as the last step of advancement, and done during the start of the scoutmaster conference. (i.e. Tenderfoot #11 -- Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. Discuss four specific examples of how you have lived the points of the Scout Law in your daily life.)

So this thread started out with this comment "Thinking about how often we discuss the "honor" and "respect" Eagle Scouts so often are shown, and how they are such great positive role models in our society. And, this is primarily very true. But, I am finding myself more and more challenged to accept certain Eagles as particularly good examples to scouts or society. What is particularly embarrassing to me are the great many that now populate our government at high levels, both on the national and state levels. It seems to me that the majority of these individuals have forgotten the sim

http://troop113.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/excerpt-from-the-scout-law-in-practice/ Way back in 1915, a booklet was published called "The Scout Law in Practice" Written by Arthur Astor Carey, its chapters are "...based upon talks to the Sea Scouts during the cruises of the Boy Scout ship, Pioneer." Mr. Carey provides a frank look at scouting ideals. The language used might be called quaint, but I'd call it effective, efficient, and descriptive. Naturally, not everyone will share Mr. Carey's opinions on all points; however, there are many interesting sections that serve to get us thin

If an Eagle candidate is not supposed to solicit donations (i.e. a scout is thrifty and works to pay his own way) then why is FOS acceptable to the organization based on the ideal of being thrifty? If the council and district add value, they should reflect that in the fees charged at their events, or like our Eagle candidates, work to get the shortfall in the budget.

Scoutcraft - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoutcraft - "Scoutcraft is a term used to cover a variety of woodcraft knowledge and skills required by people seeking to venture into wild country and sustain themselves independently. The term has been adopted by Scouting organizations to reflect skills and knowledge which are felt to be a core part of the various programs, alongside community and spirituality. Skills commonly included are camping, cooking, first aid, wilderness survival, orienteering and pioneering." All of that seems relevant to a 21st century young man. Look at the interest

First, thank you to everyone who participates in scouting -- you're doing important work and it benefits a lot of people: youth, the community, your COR's, et.al. Together, professionals and volunteers, eagles and "wasn't a scout until now", WE make the scouting program work. Second, just want to point out that Baden Powell, William D. Boyce, James West, Ernest Seton, and Dan Beard and many other "notables" contributed an awful lot of "good stuff" to make scouting what it is today -- and they were "Adult leaders who were never Scouts as a youth!" A) don't let other scouters put you

We are a newly chartered troop (7 months). We grew from five transfer scouts to 18 registered with about 15-16 at most troop meetings. We have no pack to draw crossover scouts from so we will be recruiting in schools, churches, etc.