New Rank Requirements

[Gold Winger 9]

"Running to momma/poppa and hiding behind her/him" just doesn't flow well.

 

DH? Designated Hitter?

[mdutch 10]

"Now, the appropriate way to deal with a bully is to run to momma and hide behind her which only makes the problem worse. "

 

Nothing in the requirements states that a scout should run to momma (or papa). It simply has scouts identify the appropriate way to respond. The purpose of rank advancement requirements are to give scouts the skills that are necessary to succeed in life. Learning when the appropriate time to handle things on your own and knowing when you should go for help are important skills to learn.

Certainly there are cases that you should go get help (ie sexual abuse), and there are definitely times when a scout should try to handle it on his own. This requirement simply tries to help scouts determine when what actions are appropriate.

[Vicki 11]

DH - Dear Husband. One of the oldest internet shorthands in the book. Also known variously as my beloved, Navy vet, once-upon-a-time martial artist, sensitive soul, etc.:

[SWScouter 34]

DH: Dear Husband (or Dear Hubby).

[Gold Winger 9]

I'm wondering if the internet geeks have cleared with MLB? They were using DH long before Al Gore invented the internet. :-)

[evmori 11]

These new requirements should be added to the Family Life MB, which is really a pretty lame Eagle required MB in it's current state. Adding these requirements to the MB makes more sense.

 

Ed Mori

1 Peter 4:10

A blessed Christmas to all

[FScouter 24]

Fine but it shouldn't be tied to advancement which is supposed to be skill related.

The problem is these requirements have nothing to do with rank.

Leave ranks to be what they were intended to be, a measure of the scout's journey.

There are other requirments, like SC #8, that have nothing to do with the troop or scouting

I thought T-2-1 was scout craft specific. S-L-E was leadership.

While all this is important, I don't see how it relates advancement?

 

Every rank requirement has its face-value purpose. Learn to tie two half-hitches because it will come in handy if you have to tie a load on top of the car. Learn to cook because TV dinners get disgusting after 10 days in a row. Learn to splint a broken arm because your buddy might dump it someday.

 

This is what we tell the boys. They dont understand there may be another purpose as well. In fact we adults tie so many knots and tell boys why we must learn to tie them, that even we forget theres more behind it than tying a clothesline to hang our wet socks.

 

Sometimes we get too focused on the mechanics of advancement and forget what our mission is. The underlying purpose of all rank requirements and the purpose of advancement is to develop in boys character, citizenship, and fitness. Rank requirements and advancement is one of the means to achieve those aims.

 

Buddy system, bullies, internet thugs, personal safety; they have everything to do with developing physical fitness, mental fitness, and emotional fitness. Im glad to see BSA recognize there is more for a kid to learn than how to pitch a tent and identify poison oak.