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By Eagle94-A1 · Posted
Sadly, some of the stuff is not being taught in schools, or well enough for them to remember. When I took a group of Scouts to DC, we did one of the historic trails that had a lot of Citizenship in the Nation info along the trail. Plus all the Scouts, except the visiting Webelos, had Civics in HS. NONE OF THE SCOUTS COULD TELL ME WHAT THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT WERE, THE BILL OF RIGHTS, ETC!!!!!!!!! (bold and caps for major emphasis). Only the homeschooled Weblos could give me the correct info for the MB. When I asked the Scouts if they had civics yet in HS, all said yes, but all they did was watch videos on their laptops. But that is a different topic for another day. Agree 100% My troop has no feeder pack. Every time it seems as if we are going to fold, we get enough transfers to keep it alive another year. We are a hiking, camping, and biking troop. That is how we attract Scouts: focusing on Outdoors. As for growth, we focus on personal growth. We do not push MBs or advancement. If it takes 4 years for First Class, so be it. We let the Scouts grow at their own pace. Which is probably why our Eagles stick around until they turn 18, or go to college. We are hanging on by a thread, but we are hanging on. -
This is what I view as key. Focus on outdoors and growth. I've always held the view that the MB value is lowered when so many key MBs are light weight compared to public school. Using my own education, the Citizenship, Family, Personal Management and Physical Fitness badges would have been easy except for checking off boxes. When the challenge is about checking the boxes, the message learned is how do I game the system to get it done. That gaming the system then bleeds into the other MBs. -
By InquisitiveScouter · Posted
Wait... what is this "patrol" thing you speak of??? LOL -
7 weeks since my son's Eagle BOR and no word from National. This is breaking the records we saw during Covid.... -
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