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08-23-2006, 01:02 AM | #12 | |
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I think you'll change your tune when you get put in charge of the entire YM program (something I think will happen to you soon based on the way you put your heart into scouting). DTG, if implemented properly can be a great program. It helps if the scoutmaster is onboard. |
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08-23-2006, 01:19 AM | #13 |
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the worst thing they could do is move me out of scoutmaster. because what the kids need is continuity. not their 4th scoutmaster in 1 year.
However, I think I may move out of the ward when my scoutmaster term is over. some recent DTG activities: how to journal. sewing. how to lead music. I don't have a problem with these activities. but in general the things they do don't mesh with scouting so much. |
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Just my $0.02.
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08-23-2006, 01:37 AM | #16 |
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If my memory fading, some of you folks here closer to my age should let me know, but I seem to remember when I was in scouts (got my Eagle rank in '78) there was a scouting award for LDS scouts that was called "Duty to God".
I don't think it is the same thing as today's DtG, but it was similar.
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08-23-2006, 04:39 AM | #18 | |
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I'm glad I had the name right for the scouting award. I've at least got my memory of scouts going for me.
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08-23-2006, 02:26 PM | #19 |
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I agree with those in this thread that suggest we just bag scouting altogether.
Scouts is fun for some, but making it a cultural requirement that every LDS boy learn how to tie knots, make boondoggle keychains, play with fire, and participate in a Klondike Derby is just silly. Some kids like that stuff, some don't. It has to be one of the oddest things about our LDS culture, the fascination with Boy Scouts and parents earning their kids' Eagle awards. One of the best decisions I made in my adolescence was to quit scouts, which even then came at least a year after I had become tired of it. I was able to focus on the things I actually enjoyed that helped me develop into who I am today. Truth be told, I can only tie a clove hitch these days...but oddly enough I've never regretted not remembering my knots better. Kudos to those of you passionate about scouting. Not for me. Throw out the whole thing. This will likely be my first and last contribution to this particular forum.
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08-23-2006, 02:29 PM | #20 |
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you must have never sailed. suddenly knots became relevant again.
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