Planet_x

EDGE is now required by Star Scouts in order to proceed to Life rank....so if the Adults don't know it, it will make this transition for the Star scouts more difficult so I see no issue with this training.

I knew little other than the 20Q and what I had researched on the internet and had received by word of mouth. I attended the 1st weekend and promptly dropped the course. I was and still am deeply disappointed in what it was I received. Be sure to go in with an open mind and positive attitude and decide then if the course is what you need or met your personal needs. YIS You may skip the rest of my posting about my experience. The moderator may see fit to move this entire post to the other thread. As someone who was told that it was an adult level personal management/adult level management course I found the WB21 to be little more that a poor rehash of management courses I have already taken now only with songs and cheering. As former scout and someone who has extensive camping and scouting experience I was upset about what the course really turned out to be. I will be the first to say that I am not a rah rah guy. I am not into song and dance and prancing about. That doesn't do a thing for me. I was hoping more for practical training on issues surrounding scouting and the management of them along with personal management skills. Instead I was treated to 3 days of cub/web skills and all of it clocked down to the minute and lasted well into the night. The patrol method was used with each participant having to be the PL for a day but again I was scout and have current boys in scouting and this was of no benefit for me and it felt like a tiresome rehash of all I have already done and am already doing. I would like to see the course made into two tracks or courses. One for experienced scouters who have XYZ criteria/experience already and the current course for those with 2 years or less experience in scouting. I have attended all the other scout training and simply expected more. I will be punching my own ticket through my own projects with the troop though, as for me, it's the scouts that matter not the number of knots or beads on my uniform. I will only ever wear the three knots that I earned as a youth. For those that have earned WB good for you and congratulations on a job well done. Like anything in life how successful you are depends on many factors. WB21 for many has been a great model and successful method but it's just not for me.