Hershey

Thank you for your input here. Good to hear other perspectives. He completed the SMC and BOR this week.

Just want to vent.... My son has been ready to advance to Life Scout since last May. He finished all the requirements except for his SMC and BOR. Our troop has boys for this rank demonstrate Scout Spirit by creating some kind of presentation to present to the Troop. Our SM suggested he complete one to present about the High Adventure camp he was attending this past summer. My son said ok. At the first meeting back after summer, he presented it and then requested a SMC. It was a little hard to arrange and he ultimately ended up scheduling it with an ASM this week (about two weeks after initial request). The ASM would not sign off on it because he did not successfully show how to tie a particular knot. Does this seem unreasonable to you? The ASM did offer to review the knot with him and sign off later this weekend on a camp out, which is a good compromise, but I am wrong to feel he is being unnecessarily delayed in advancing?