I was a Bear in the last woodbadge of our council to use the old syllabus. I did not know what to expect when I got there. I thought it would be a bunch of lectures on leadership and the like.
I loved the way we had to function as a unit. My son's troop did not really understand the patrol method. I saw an ideal of how it was to work. That was better than all the lecture and study I could have done. It did forge a bond amoung our patrol. Our leaders did a good job of mixing the different personalities and talants amoung our group.
I thought it was seer brilliance to put us under the time pressures we had, to teach us how to empathise with the boys who are dealing with a bunch of jobs and responsibilities that are new to them.
I dont know if they have revamped the leadership training part of it, but that was about what I expected, having been through other professional courses on leader training.
I would like to take the new course, but am told the only way is to be part of the staff of a future woodbadge. That I am going to have to look into.
