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"But Mr. Stosh, I don't know migh knots, I was taught once-and-done using edge!" Interesting how folks have brought up the ambiguities of war and criminal execution, but nobody mentioned abortion. Causing a woman to terminate a pregnancy is punishable in the Torah, but there is some debate if "the penalty" is the same that for causing both mother and child to die. Also, the desire of the mother to have the child is assumed. (Exodus 21:22) Our problem is that science has revealed how unique a fetus is from even the embryonic stage, and reckoning with that knowledge is the source of ou

What does the dual registered boy do? Does he camp with his patrol which depends on him as part of the team or does he camp with his crew that has a more individual flare? I've found that the youth are quite capable of sorting this out by themselves. All you have to do is let them know before the event that they have responsibilities and need to work things out so everyone is taken care of. Generally, it's the SPL who has it the toughest. The younger one's tend to realize too late that they would rather be with one group or another, but haven't communicated clearly to make it happen.

No, you believe in cussing with impunity. So do many nominally religious that cuss at atheists or anyone else whose lives have been imposed upon because of their rantings. It might be chalked up as antipathy, but really it's the plain old: "I got mine. I don't care if something is important to them." -- with a little profanity ordered up in a wasted attempt to elevate yourself above whatever wreckage lies around us. ... set her straight. ... So have you? Or is that "not your problem"? It's nice that you care. Well I guess I won't know if my reminding her of her 1st amendment r

Blame his crew officers. Great idea!

reduce the three citizenships to one MB Hmmm ... Globalization at work ... How does that improve the "cool" factor? How does requiring more outdoor MBs (or any mix of patches that accumulate on a sash) make things cool? (Although, I agree that it's sad the historic MBs were only that.) IMHO here's what makes things cool: Setting up a campfire ring for you and your dates to hang out at after the homecoming dance. Being able to name the constellations they're seeing while the cobbler finishes cooking. Attending a friend's naturalization ceremony because your Cit World

Also, consider group projects that may take up a Saturday or several evenings. Things like building/ refurbishing a Klondike derby sled or other equipment. Our boys planned and baked cookies at our CO. Lots of team-building over a two week period. (Week 1, pick recipes from mom's cookbooks and order ingredients. Week 2 cook and eat.)

Also girlfriends with little brothers.? Anyway, make a flyer that describes your troop. Circulate it to your neighbors and classmates.

Sorry Meryl, I have never been cussed at by Jews when I've brought up matters of Palestine. Never by Catholics when I've brought up the counter-reformation. Women? Well, two out of three ain't bad. And, I probably deserved it anyway. And the apathy towards someone seeking to express religious sentiment often is framed in profanity. Moreover when you reference the Abyss, I know you don't really mean it. So spare the hollow vanities. Of course it's not your fault that suit-weary educators want to steer cleaned clear of secular (per S947's reference) improprieties. Even wh

That is at the discretion of the Crew President and Troop SPL. We encourage them to work together, but ask them to use judgement as to when and how. I do show them the chart of appropriate activities for each age range. It gives them an idea of what allowed activities might be common to both groups, but also gives them a vision of things they can do that they might not have considered. Boys who are members of both units may use both mailing lists for announcing their service projects. Practically, about 1/3 of the activities are shared. Typically, that's the backpacking and servi

I've gotten away from the term High Adventure. Because I'm with a crew and HS kids have broadening interests, I prefer "super-activity". I think of it as something that will challenge you to extend your skill-set. So: If you serve at soup-kitchen, maybe next year you'd spend a week helping with famine relief. If you visit historical sights, maybe next year you'd travel someplace to participate in a large re-enactment. If you do wilderness survival weekends: maybe you'd go try an "outward bound" experience. If you run cross-country: maybe you'd plan a travel itinerary to vario

I agree that SM plays a huge part. The unit leader puts more hours in than anybody, and those hours translate into the tone for the troop. But the boys are also putting in time. The SPL who confiscates the smut mag and walks it the 100 yards to the SM (without looking at it) is going to set a different tone than the one who reads it with the boys or tells them to put it at bottom of their pack. The PL who says grace before lunch sets a different tone then the "Good food, good meat, good God, let's eat!" guy. The instructor who comes to the PLC with an idea of what the new scouts need

Wife's line to me at Seabase Bahamas: "You bring me sailing on the most beautiful calmest sea, to the most beautiful island in that Sea, to walk along the best beach in the world .... WITH TEN KIDS????" Actually our captain said the most difficult crews were the ones with a disproportionate number of adults.

assuming it's being held in a church, my guess would be that it has nothing to do with their teaching position .... But why **** don't you ask THEM Don't cuss. It betrays the dismissive and repressive behavior of the common secularist. Held in a church in accordance with all statues as far as I can tell. This person I talked to said that, because of her position as a teacher, she wasn't supposed to be organizing baccalaureate.

Culture, of any kind, is rarely a single person show. For a troop, it's an interaction of the leader and the boys. We get the boys in that meeting or on that campout after parents and school have put in a lot of influence. A troop exists because everyone present agrees to function on certain terms, only a few of which are spelled out in the handbooks! A leader lays out those terms, and the boys take them up. In that process, a troop forms it's own culture ... Hopefully it's something the boys can take pride in and the leader can manage. Sometimes it works the other way. My troop had a

Short answer: yes. Those scripts were written by folks who weren't in your troop! Growing up waiting to receive advancements at CoH nights, I used to be bothered by my boys' troop giving them early. But, it does catch recording errors earlier if boys know they should be receiving an advancement at the next meeting. Suggestion: Check with the CO rep if they have any opinion on how folks should dress in their sanctuary when it's not being used for worship. Most are pretty informal these days. Strong suggestion: explain to the PL's how you plan to run things. Ask them if it

Odd, then why do my kids' teachers not want to be known for organizing the baccalaureate service?

But do they require background checks for all parents who drive kids to/from away games? That's the equivalent here.

BD - Q in the dolly sods you need to keep an eye out for unexploded ordinance. Why do you think the boys love coming back? Seriously, so far, I've kept the youth on designated trails. The last UXO found was off trail in 2004. Anyway, for the rest of you, here's a nation-wide UXO fact-sheet http://www.engg.ksu.edu/HSRC/Tosc/uxo.pdf.

there just isn't a Crew and we end up not being BSA members and where does this leave us? Pizza+Beer? Camping with friends, paperwork free?

I like to hear about how folks got lost because understanding that prepares you for when you're in a situation and are asking "how'd I get here?"

Sounds like your boys have the right idea regarding HA by wanting to mix it up ... Not there yet, but our crew is eying Rocky Mtn. National Park. If your boys are thinking as far away from TX but still in the continental US, I saw a troop having a great time at Acadia National Park when my family was camping there. (North Atlantic waters might be a "cool" novelty for your boys!) Not sure if they brought their own canoes or rented, but there are plenty of outfitters in Bar Harbor. If some of your boys are willing to do a little "research," have them learn about Federal Wilderness Recre

Well, Eng. statistically, if only 2% of scouts are Eagle only a small percentage of youth are scouts through HS, then you may not see an Eagle in 100 resumes. If all a kids ever done was earn Eagle, then the resume would probably be pitched. That piece of bling is a starting point for a lot of boys. And "Eagle" is usually on the bottom of the resume because there have been a long list of accomplishments since then. Like I've said before, I've had interviews where the employer was antagonistic toward some of my accomplishments (not scouting). Not a problem. It gave me an opportunit

Welcome to the club! Hopefully the boy will be able to apply some of his scouting experience on the athletic field,

NJ, the wiki's not lying. Hebrew and Arabic are Semitic languages and have lots of words in common, the word for Messiah being one of them. And, Peri, my apologies for making the Greek Protestants, Catholics, and others feel left out!

These things are like pendula, they go back and forth. Son #1 was scholar athlete along with a couple other scout buddies in the troop. There were a string of football players in our troop like that. Son #2 is the only scholar athlete in the troop, the boys are mostly technical school types.