08-04-2003, 05:28 PM
I watched the scouts go down hill personally about 8-10 yrs ago. I was in scouts and trying to achieve that prestigious award of eagle and instead I watched my scout master turn the program from a youth activity group on respect, loyalty , conservation and responsibility to a every pickup basket ball game every wednesday night at the local ward house. Dont get me wrong, I liked the basketball games, but I also enjoyed the BSA outings. I can proudly say I perservered on my own by attending things at the BSA headquarters up by the UofU and got my eagle. This is my favorite part, alot of my friends drivers licenses were depended on them getting their eagle award, and none of them got theres. I was told by my folks, if ya get your eagle great, if you dont oh well, but just remember your older brother got his!!! Motivation of a different kind [
] My father was a scout master before I was born and from some people I hear he was incredible at it, teaching the values that scouts are supposed to learn. But he was releaved from his position when one of the scouts came home and told the local church leader that my father made him clean out his coffee pot. The community didnt want the scout master to be giving off that type of image??? I think that people need to realize the true reasoning of scouting and of course where it came from!!!!
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] My father was a scout master before I was born and from some people I hear he was incredible at it, teaching the values that scouts are supposed to learn. But he was releaved from his position when one of the scouts came home and told the local church leader that my father made him clean out his coffee pot. The community didnt want the scout master to be giving off that type of image??? I think that people need to realize the true reasoning of scouting and of course where it came from!!!![signature]