Re: Different Sports/Academic Pin Question
Bruce E. Cobern (bec@PIPELINE.COM)
Sat, 8 Nov 1997 12:10:13 -0500
At 10:44 AM 11/7/97 -0500, Robert Gerhard wrote:
>In my opinion, that's cheating. In everything else related to Scouting, the
>work you do for one thing counts for that thing only, with the obvious
>exception occurring when that thing is a requirement for something else.
This is an interesting blanket statement, but one I have NEVER been able to
find any support for. Can you, or anyone else, show me where it says that
in writing? There are MANY instances where different badges have
overlapping requirements and I have never seen where it says that you can't
do something ONCE and have it fulfill ALL of the requirements that it meets.
To use just one example. A Scout goes to summer camp and wants to work on
Swimming and Rowing merit badges during the week. BOTH mb's require a 3
minute demonstration of CPR. The camp has the health officers administer
this requirement for all the aquatics badges and sign it off. Are you
saying that this Scout has to visit the same instructor TWICE, and TWICE
demonstrate CPR, probably on the same day, in order to complete both
aquatics badges? What is accomplished by this. The object is for the Scout
to learn and demonstrate the skill. Period. If he can do CPR at 9am for
the Swimming mb (and has so demonstrated) is it likely that he will have
forgotten it by the 10am Rowing mb so that he should have to demonstrate it
AGAIN? I think not.
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