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  • Latest Posts

    • Eagledad
      Scoutmaster Doesn't Get It

      By Eagledad · Posted

      She thinks that way because she didn’t have a scouting experience as a youth. Patrol method is only limited by adults fears.   I used to teach a course teaching adults how to push their fears boundaries out. The adults need to ask themselves what it would take to let the patrols to cook on their own. I’m not a fan of no cooking, but some healthy easy to fix meals might help the adults grow in the program.    Discussion? Barry
    • RememberSchiff
      King Scouts

      By RememberSchiff · Posted

      "Alex Reid, from Whitwick, in Leicestershire, achieved the King's Scout Award for outstanding personal achievement. He will be visiting Windsor Castle on Sunday for a celebratory event where he will take part in a St George's Day parade with other winners. Mr Reid, who leads Whitwick Scouts, said: "It has not hit me yet." ... To achieve the award, for scouts aged between 16 and 25 years old have to complete a range of challenges including service to their community, an expedition in wild country, and a five-day residential project." More at source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-68857377
    • curious_scouter
      New Uniforms

      By curious_scouter · Posted

      they are/were available on scoutshop.org.  I did break down and buy one to see it in person and have plans to work it up into a new uniform using old interesting patches off ebay.
    • curious_scouter
      Scoutmaster Doesn't Get It

      By curious_scouter · Posted

      Adults are the worst enemy to patrol method.  We apply our sensibilities and biases to a process that the youth see no issue with.  Last campout we had 5 patrols.  1 patrol was two scouts.  1 patrol was four scouts.  They had a great time, they cooked and enjoyed their meals and were happy to have only their own dishes to contend with.  I subscribe completely the B-P's POV:  "The patrol system is not one method in which Scouting can be carried on. It is the only method." There is another tenant of B-P I fully subscribe to: "My ideal camp is where everyone is cheery and busy, where the patrols are kept intact under all circumstances, and where every patrol leader and Scout takes a genuine pride in his camp and his gadgets." So, in my unit - Patrols cook.  Patrol Leaders have the perogative to team up with other patrols if they feel their patrol attendance is too low to justify standing alone.  That is a Patrol Leader decision - not an adult decision.  But if the Eagle Patrol leader decides with only 2 people coming to the next campout they would like to partner with the Owl Patrol who has 4 - to make 6 total - the entire Eagle Patrol teams up with the entire Owl Patrol in partnership for cooking and KP and activities. We once did this thing where adults would decide something like "With 16 scouts going, we should split into two patrols."  This was misguided. This is leadership, problem solving, negotiating opportunities lost if adults get in the mix.
    • RememberSchiff
      A life saved by a CPR trained Scout

      By RememberSchiff · Posted

      Girl Scout saves boy's life by using CPR training she learned months before harrowing event. I like Mom's comment at end. Scout salute.

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