In ornithology ‘fledge’ generally means independence of the chick from parents; a young bird whose feathers and wing muscles are sufficiently developed for flight. Fledge is also a term that describes raising a young bird. Ornithologists apply the term Read More →
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My son passed his Eagle board of review in late September and I was invited to join the district advancement committee to review Eagle projects in mid-October. A few days later, the new advancement book Read More →
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Why would anyone need a "Life to Eagle Guide"? We already have a Scout Handbook and an Eagle Project Workbook – any Scout can understand and work their way through the trail to Eagle with Read More →
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Open the Eagle Scout Project Workbook (opens PDF file) and you will find about 2 1/2 half pages of instructions about conducting the project written in less than 1000 words (966 to be exact). Google Read More →
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CA Scouter comments: It would be interesting to hear your reflections on Scouts putting off Eagle til they're 17.5 years old and then trying to get their project and missing merit badges done in the Read More →
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So far we have determined that needless drama can be caused when a Scoutmaster seeks to impose his ideal vision of an Eagle Scout on the advancement process. In addition we have discovered Baden Powell Read More →
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Scoutmasters need to understand what makes Scouting different from everything else – why young men and women have been Scouts all over the world for the past century. Scouting’s founder Baden-Powell envisioned a movement that Read More →
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During my tenure as Scoutmaster I have worked with 50 Scouts who have earned the rank of Eagle. Becoming an Eagle Scout is beset by difficulties and so should it be, it is supposed to Read More →
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Eagle Scout Projects are actually very simple; any Scout can complete a project without a lot of fuss if he avoids the maze. There is a whole lot of opaque, misdirected and downright wrong advice Read More →
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Andy at "Ask Andy" writes: In 1931, Jane Addams, founder of Hull House, received the Nobel Peace Prize; she was 91 at the time.Former US President Jimmy Carter is also a recipient of the Nobel Read More →
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The delightfully plain-spoken author of Ask Andy answers a question about "delaying the earning of Eagle till Scouts are older and more mature… If a Scout earns Eagle by age 13, what’s left? " A Read More →
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The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. – Read More →
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Standards
by Clarke Green on December 3, 2007 in Commentary,Eagle Scout
In the past I have been guilty of griping about Scouts who ‘don’t know their skills’ and troops that were ‘Eagle Factories’. This put me on a mission to fix whatever I saw as wrong, Read More →
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