SR540Beaver Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Here is a great article by National Geographics Boyd Matson. http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/unbound/boy-scouts/ "On this, my third climb up Kilimanjaro, I already know what to expect: six nights sleeping on the ground, no bath for a week, cold wind, thin air, and maybe mild altitude sickness. I keep asking myself, Why am I doing this, again? Finally I come up with an answer. I blame the Boy Scouts of America. That organization stole my soul when I was a kid and planted it in the wilderness. I was too young to resist their clever sales pitch built around hiking and camping trips. And their system of rewarding accomplishments with higher ranks and colorful merit badges meant, in effect, there was always one more goal to reach, one more mountain to climb"........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny2862 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2012/04/10/new-study-shows-46-ways-eagle-scouts-are-different/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR540Beaver Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Interesting read Gunny. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny2862 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 It showed up on my Facebook today, glad you liked it. It seemed like a good addition to the thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagledad Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 >>That organization stole my soul when I was a kid and planted it in the wilderness. I was too young to resist their clever sales pitch built around hiking and camping trips. And their system of rewarding accomplishments with higher ranks and colorful merit badges meant, in effect, there was always one more goal to reach, one more mountain to climb"........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Very nice little read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewmeister Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 An infographic to follow up gunny's post: http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2012/04/11/this-eagle-scout-infographic-pretty-much-says-it-all/ What I found surprising was the average age of Eagles! I had just assumed it would be much, much younger because of the number of discussions here about "12 year old Eagles," etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Welcome to the Crew, Brew, You may find that amoung the group there are several who are extremists, all things BSA are Bad, all things Leadership oriented are bad, all things Wood Badge are bad and a few others I am sure There are several voices of moderation, I leave it to you to decide who you feel most follows your own values and who to believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Skipper Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 SR540Beaver, thank you for the post. I used that as my Scoutmaster Minute last night. It acutally got a round of applause from some of our scouts. Life is Good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewmeister Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I wasn't being critical of any posts, I had simply assumed that the average age of Eagles was getting younger based on comments, so it was very surprising to me to see the nearly 3-year increase. Which goes to show what happens when one assumes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Scouter Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Brewmeister, I was NOT surprised at the average of Eagles. My son's Troop motto was Eaglemakers and it was that challenge of getting them done before 18 like my son did. Most made it the year before having learned that Senior year and Eagle projects are not a nice combination. It came from watching another before saying WHEW on making the deadline and comparing it to one that didn't have that deadline. Sometimes lessons are learnt from watching and listening than reading and talking...*smiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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