If you are in it discuss.

I personally had an amazing experience in Boy Scouts. However, that had a lot to do with my troop and the council. As our council slowly brought their policies more and more in line with National's I was less impressed.

I used to be in it when I was much younger. It was good.

Heh. Boy scouts. You need money for that. And possibly a family. haha While you were earning merit badges, I was learning the metric system, so to speak.

I am an Eagle Scout. I had a great time in scouting!

My "other half" was in scouts for a couple years, mainly because he felt pressured by his father to join. The older kids were alright, but the younger kids were pretty troublesome (not to say they didn't know their stuff though, well some of them at least). He didn't really have much in common with the other boys there, and wanted to quit for a while seeing how he wasn't much of an outdoors person (or a people person in general). Sometime while he was in first class rank, there was a meeting the one night. The scoutmaster's son (who was one of the troublesome kids) was giving him trouble (has been for a while). Well, out of nowhere while they were playing a game, he bit him in the stomach for no apparent reason. He quit either after that week, or sometime that month at least.

wow I guess the experience you have depends on the troop. I'm a star scout soon to be a life scout and I want eagle by 15, if anyone is active and going to national jamboree tell me and we can meet up just don't be a nerd Dom Zak I know your face

Yeah, my experience is that it varies a lot from group to group. That was one of my biggest surprises when I worked as a counselor and saw all kinds of different troops come through. I think it's all about finding the right fit. The program has the potential to offer a lot for kids, but you have to find a group that's offering what you're looking for.

I am an Eagle Scout. I had a great time in scouting!

 

Same here, it's also where I got my love of the outdoors from. Most of my scouting was in a homeschool troop back in ohio, then when the scoutmaster wouldn't give me the life scout rank because I wore my hat backwards to 1 meeting (which I took off when he asked me to wear it correctly or take it off) I changed to a different troop (same state though). After a year or 2 I moved out to colorado and joined a troop there (I also wound up joining the OA), and finnishing eagle at the last second. After that I did some minimal helping in the troops my little bro joined, but he wound up quiting scouts and is now in CAP.

Same here, it's also where I got my love of the outdoors from. Most of my scouting was in a homeschool troop back in ohio, then when the scoutmaster wouldn't give me the life scout rank because I wore my hat backwards to 1 meeting (which I took off when he asked me to wear it correctly or take it off) I changed to a different troop (same state though). After a year or 2 I moved out to colorado and joined a troop there (I also wound up joining the OA), and finnishing eagle at the last second. After that I did some minimal helping in the troops my little bro joined, but he wound up quiting scouts and is now in CAP.

 

OMG. I am in Colorado, got my Eagle a year ago from troop 98, and I was active in the Longs Peak OA.

I was never was a boy scout but I always wanted to. I have a friend who was in it and he says it was pretty cool.

OMG. I am in Colorado, got my Eagle a year ago from troop 98, and I was active in the Longs Peak OA.

 

Cool, I got my eagle when I lived in breckenridge but forgot the troop number

o/ CAP Took a couple classes there at $350 a class and said uh... no.

Eh, I wanted to join scouts when I was a kid, but you know ... gubment cheese.

I'm probably going to end up with eagle at 15

I'm probably going to end up with eagle at 15

 

Nice!

im almost an eagle and just need my eagle board of review but im from sw michigan council troop 169

thnks all I need is personell management and fitness

i was a scout aged out at life but my goal was not eagle but to have fun and teach the younger boys the fun that I had. from simon kenton Council and philmont was the best experience ever.

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cool I was almost going to Philmont with my venturing crew because they won the lottery to get n on THEIR FIRST TIME!!!!! But didn't go so they could go to the fricken national jamboree and so I wasn't able to go (majority rule sucks).

yea it was so cool to climb baldy with my brother and my dad all the men in the family together.

I loved Philmont.

 

emperor, check to see if your district or council ever sets up high adventure trips. My troop didn't do a ton of high adventure until later on, so I did a lot of my high adventure trips though my council. On top of the great trip, you get to meet a bunch of great guys you'd never meet if you just do stuff within your troop. I'm still in touch with about half of the guys I went to Philmont with.

Eagle in '92 and Philmont Ranger in '97 (one of the best summers of my life)

 

Get that Eagle. Everyone recognizes it and if they do find out you're an Eagle, will afford you more social respect for being one.

I remember how I was on the fence with my girlfriend's father when we first met. He hadn't formed an opinion of me yet and was holding his cards close to his vest. When someone mentioned I was an Eagle, his eyebrows raised a little, his expression changed, and conversation from that point on was less tense.

 

I've noticed similar reactions through my life.

thanks for the advice man I want to go soon my troop doesn't do much high adventure stuff to many kids but we still go white water rafting and possibly going on rafts on the Mississippi for a day or two like one of our scoutmasters did when he was a scout.

Philmont Ranger would be awesome. I worked at our week long summer camp for a few years. It was a pretty big commitment at that age, but it might be one of the best experiences of my life.

 

thanks for the advice man I want to go soon my troop doesn't do much high adventure stuff to many kids but we still go white water rafting and possibly going on rafts on the Mississippi for a day or two like one of our scoutmasters did when he was a scout.

 

We used to have the oldest group of kids go on a high adventure trip every year (Boundary Waters as it's only a 4ish hour drive) and the younger kids would go do a different camping trip at the same time. It let the older guys get that experience and at the same time, the middle kids get an early crack at being the oldest kids in the group for a bit.

Yeah, before Philmont I worked a few years at the camp in our Council. I was an area director (1/3 of the camp) for a couple years. Good fun, but not nearly the experience of Philmont. Working at Philmont is pretty much for college aged people and older. Its a good time for college students looking for a summer job.

 

Ah yes, Boundary Waters. My college roommate handled one of the fly-in bases at Boundary Waters. He brought back some good stories. If you can't make it to Philmont.... from what I understand, Boundary Waters offers a similar caliber of experience... both in team building, comraderie, and personal growth.