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It has been interesting to see the changes through the years. As with anything, some of the changes have been great and others raise the eyebrows of some. The one constant though is the ticket. I cringe when I hear courses that have had a very tough time developing ticket items. It can really cause undue stress for participants that is just not warranted. When I was allowed to steer the boat in 2021, I made sure that the TG's and an assigned senior staffer were the approvers. I only asked for two questions to be answered before sign off. First, does the goal have a positive and direct impact on our youth? Second, is the participant happy with the goal? Turned out that buy in was better, overall ticket completion was high as well. The second weekend was much more enjoyable for the participants since they could focus on their patrol and not worry as much about writing ticket items. -
mrjohns2...what are you confused about? Growth in Girls Overall loss in Boys -
By Double Eagle · Posted
Since Eagledad brought up the ticket items, I'd like to see them too. I've been troop guide and ASPL for WB, so learner's course makes it 3 WB courses in 3 different councils. Ticket writing was the worst part for troop guides and participants. One course wanted them to cure cancer and save BSA in every way. I'm not a fan of the dancing, so glad to see it went away. Critter pride is not emphasized as much either, but always an Eagle and honorary Fox (red dog). -
By Double Eagle · Posted
Just to get back to the question, my experience with lone scouts has been overseas where no BSA presence was. We used the local embassy for assistance as the scout had a parent working at the embassy. As for which council or national level to work with, is a question. Some lone scouts use the Far East Council for resources when in their footprint. Another time we had lone scouts in remote Alaska as units were really few and far between. I also have the international scouter award knot and earned the international scouter patch shown above (the blue one). If you ever get a chance, Kandersteg International Scout Center in Switzerland is awesome, winter or summer. -
Hey, still here.... I am about to give it away to a Bikes for Tikes organization....
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