Is it CHAOS or CONSTRUCTIVE DISARRAY? As originally intended by Baden Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts, our Boy Led, Scout Run program allows each boy to have a significant role in the operation of the Troop. It is amazing how true his words are today, more than 100 years after being spoken. Some few Scoutmasters are still behind the time, and consequently their Troops are behind the average, in not making sufficient use of their Patrol Leaders. They must hold the Patrol Leader responsible for everything good or bad that occurs in his Patrol. They must put responsibility upon him, let him do his job, and if he makes mistakes let him do so, and show him afterwards where he went wrong -- in this way only can he learn. Half the value of our training is to begot by putting responsibility on young shoulders. It is especially valuable for taming the wilder spirits; it gives them a something which they like to take up instead of their equally heroic but less desirable hooligan pursuits. - Lord Robert Baden Powell, 1910 Is your Troop truly Scout-led? For suggestions on how you can help build a Scout-led Troop & allow your youth leaders to take charge, go here: scoutingmagazine.org/2014/12/help-youth-leaders-build-scout-led-troop/.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:47:48 +0000
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