Board of Reviews: Why Have Them

[Eagle94-A1]

So if current Advancement guidelines say the BOR "In most cases it should, instead, be a celebration of accomplishment. Remember, it is more about the journey." p55 GTA 8.0.1.1 Not a Retest or “Examination”, Then why have them?

 

Apparently that is the opinion of one troop that is still around, and another troop that has folded. Found that out tonite when I was talking to my Scouts. One of them has never had a BOR, and he is Second Class.  The other remembers a Tenderfoot BOR when he was in  the troop originally, but did not have one for Second Class through Life. Which explains how the Life Scout skipped through the cracks.

Very frustrated.

[Tron]

The reality is that BOR really are a feedback session. The board should ask questions to the scout to gauge their experience; so instead of "Here's a rope, how do you tie a bowline?" the question should be "Tell us about the last time you tied a bowline and why you did it?"

[Eagle94-A1]

18 minutes ago, Tron said:

The reality is that BOR really are a feedback session. The board should ask questions to the scout to gauge their experience; so instead of "Here's a rope, how do you tie a bowline?" the question should be "Tell us about the last time you tied a bowline and why you did it?"

Correct, not a retest. But the GTA does still say  "  (The BOR's) purpose is to determine the quality of the Scout’s experience and decide whether the requirements for the rank have been fulfilled. (emphasis added).  That can be done by asking questions.  With the Second Class Scout, I have no issues, they actually know their stuff, and the delay has been swimming. Long story short, he was focused on having fun, and wasn't too worried about meetings all of the First Class requirements because he could not pass the swim test. Not that he has passed it, and done the water rescue, he got on it.

But my Life Scout is 100% clueless. He is so dependent on adults and others doing stuff for him, that he does nothing. No participation in discussions,  camp set up and take down, gametime activities, etc. His old troop went to MBUs that have a reputation for giving MBs away. And I should know; I got asked 1 time to teach a MB, listed what needed to be done prior to the class, and gave everyone partials because no one did the work prior to class. I was never asked to teach there again.

Only MBs I can say he honestly earned were the shooting sports ones. he is an avid hunter and can shoot.