Is today's scouting too prissy?

[Basementdweller 608]

The OA thing is a failure of the Scoutmaster......You have got to know your boys. You know who is ready or not. Who can pitch a tent and follow directions.

 

But I remember Krampus and his parents saying that his opinion that a boys wasn't ready wasn't good enough. There had to be a rule in writing somewhere.....

This really isn't even about honor camping....

 

 

This is about boys who can't be away from home over night.

 

 

A scoutmaster even one who was never a scout should know who in his unit is capable of doing that.

[Eagledad 2777]

The OA thing is a failure of the Scoutmaster......You have got to know your boys. You know who is ready or not. Who can pitch a tent and follow directions.

 

But I remember Krampus and his parents saying that his opinion that a boys wasn't ready wasn't good enough. There had to be a rule in writing somewhere.....

OA isn't about honor camping anymore, its about another patch on the shirt, that's all. Only 10 percent of OA members last a year anyway. It's a great program for that 10% who hang around, but it still doesn have the prestige it carried back when I was a scout. Why do you think OA change the qualifications of the candidates? Barry

[tgrimstead 11]

Want to strengthen OA? Let the green girls in.

[Kudu 186]

The OA thing is a failure of the Scoutmaster......You have got to know your boys. You know who is ready or not. Who can pitch a tent and follow directions.

 

But I remember Krampus and his parents saying that his opinion that a boys wasn't ready wasn't good enough. There had to be a rule in writing somewhere.....

Eagledad commented:

 

"almost 1/2 of the SMs never had a scouting experience, they don't know what honor camping is."

 

Baden-Powell designed a seven day immersion course to teach indoor volunteers how think like outdoorsmen.

 

Now we teach indoor volunteers how to think like office managers.

[Basementdweller 608]

The OA thing is a failure of the Scoutmaster......You have got to know your boys. You know who is ready or not. Who can pitch a tent and follow directions.

 

But I remember Krampus and his parents saying that his opinion that a boys wasn't ready wasn't good enough. There had to be a rule in writing somewhere.....

hmmmm

 

So this a patch to be put on a 13 year olds Eagle court of honor uniform just before he quits.