jph1

I've lurked around this site for a while and felt I had to comment on this thread. I had the opportunity to witness many merit badge classes when my son was at summer camp. I apologize for the rant below, but this is a topic that is very important and I was disgusted with what I observed at summer camp. The quality of the merit badge classes which I observed was horrible. Every scout in the troop has signed blue cards for the ones they signed up for, but I don't think any of them actually completed the requirements for any merit badge. For example, I saw a 17 year old trying to teach firs