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    • MikeS72
      Old School Boy Scout Axe

      By MikeS72 · Posted

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    • DuctTape
      Old School Boy Scout Axe

      By DuctTape · Posted

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    • OaklandAndy
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      By OaklandAndy · Posted

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    • SiouxRanger
      quality, commissioners, and more, oh my

      By SiouxRanger · Posted

      “A knot is never “nearly right”; it is either exactly right or it is hopelessly wrong, one or the other; there is nothing in between. This is not the impossibly high standard of the idealist, it is a mere fact for the realist to face.” – Clifford Ashley, author Ashley Book of Knots
    • Eagledad
      quality, commissioners, and more, oh my

      By Eagledad · Posted

      I understand what you are saying, but my experience with adults is that less is more. Adults tend to hinder the scouts' growth in character because, by their nature, adults don't like youth making bad decisions.  I'm not sure what you consider average skills. Are knots, lashings, and orienteering average skills you're speaking about? Still, the troop program is designed so that scouts lead and manage their activities. That program doesn't require many adults.  Of course, scouts have to continually grow to develop the skills for dealing with the responsibilities of running the program and their personal growth. A mature program requires a minimum number of adults because the scouts are responsible for the program's activities and business, including training. The challenge for units is having a resource pool of skilled experts to prevent stumping scout growth.  Barry
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