"Modernization" of Scouting - why???

[shortridge 184]

I really am beginning to think that when we return to the ideal that the First Class Scout badge is the true mark of better boyhood, we will be on the trail.

 

I'm printing this out and framing it.

 

First Class has become nothing more than a stepping-stone to the "more important" ranks, when it should be the capstone of critically important skills and abilities.

[Eagle92 110]

I do not remember the exact words my old SM use to use, but basically he stated at COHs that First Class marked you as someone who has mastered all the basic scout skill, coul teach them to those under him, and was ready fro leadership within the troop.

 

I agree many today see it only as halfway to Eagle.

[Stosh 3452]

I always tell my boys that FC is the minimum requirements necessary to take care of yourself in life. Now one can start thinking about taking care of someone else (i.e. leadership).

 

Stosh