My most memorable SM Conference to date

[KoreaScouter 13]

Last night after our troop meeting, I'm conducting a SM conference with a Scout who's ready to advance from TF to 2C. One of my standard questions is "What can I do to be a better Scoutmaster?". The lad obviously hadn't been offered an opportunity to give an adult that kind of constructive (I hope) criticism, and wasn't sure how to answer. I rephrased it: "If you were appointed as the Scoutmaster today, what's the first thing you'd do?" He immediately replied: "I'd ask you right away what I could do to be a better Scoutmaster!"

 

Both of us immediately broke into spontaneous laughter, and I high-fived him for the best answer to a question I've gotten in a SM conference...

 

SM batteries are now fully recharged...

 

KS