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By BinTharDunThat · Posted
Agreed. It’s frustrating that BSA did not have a plan sufficient to secure approval and a signature well in advance of Jan 20, recognizing the Electoral College, or Election Day, or the party conventions. Seems unlikely every prior 4 years has been perfect. We just taught the Scouts the leadership skill of planning at ILST. Wish National had this skill set as it delays cards etc for new Eagles. Our current challenge. -
I hear you and did not communicate clearly. My original point was that getting the President's signature on Eagle certificates was probably not high on the list of his team's priorities. My instinct is that any "woke" issues the current SECDEF has with our organization is separate from that. Entirely possible the two will merge at some point, though! -
As noted already, it's not really new. Even in the early years, I am sure that the level of attainment varied widely from unit to unit. Our small unit struggles with the amazing loss of skill regularly with our own youth. Last week, the primary adult suggested they may want to consider a complete review of pioneering stuff. When I was still actively working with COR events, generally the compass area, I was frustrated how many patrols had no clue how to even use the compass, much less orient it with a map and so on. I had a couple of senior youth that walked about 30 percent of the patrols through the courses each year. I was always glad to see the two or three expert backpacking goups come through, as I never had to help them much. We rand a pioneering event that had them lashing the traditional travois, but then taking it apart to create a flagpolt to hoist their flag on, though a few had to borrow a cloth for that. Again, some did well, but most had little idea about raising a flagpole and the attaching guys. Round lashings were a mystery to most. -
By InquisitiveScouter · Posted
Yes. And have seen stuff like this for years... like, starting in the mid to late 1990's. It falls in line with some council-run Summer Camp merit badge "mill" models many have created. (Some camps are known for this (ours) and are packed with Scouts each year.) Not unusual for a Scout to do a week of camp here and walk away with 8 to 11 MBs... And still not know how to tie a taut line hitch 😜, fold a flag, start a fire, identify some common animals and plants, swim 100 yards (much less float and pass the Swimmer check), read a map, use a compass, measure 100 yards, know the difference between frostbite and hypothermia, or the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke (or treatment for any of the four) etc. etc. etc. If councils will not run a program with integrity, units will follow suit... We have a Troop of about 45 Scouts... less than 20% of them come to me when they want to learn a skill and get signed off. But those Scouts know their stuff, and are the ones approved by the SM to sign off other Scouts. The other 80+% have other leaders they will seek out for sign offs, because they know they'll get it easy. (The leaders knowledge is Fair to Poor also... but, hey! they did IOLS!!) The really sad part is, I adhere to the mantra: "The requirements, and nothing more! The requirements, and nothing less!" -
Can never remind too often. Aaron on Scouting on YP https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2025/04/14/when-it-comes-to-child-protection-we-are-all-mandatory-reporters/
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