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The main reason I am not an Eagle Scout is because I took two classes at a winter camp for merit badges, did everything from signup and turned in every bit of w

The main reason I am not an Eagle Scout is because I took two classes at a winter camp for merit badges, did everything from signup and turned in every bit of work, and then at the end of the class they told me they had no record of me being in it. I did all the work for every other part of that award, but I flat out refused to redo those badges again. I've never jumped through hoops to make up for the failures of lazy leadership, and I never will.

floren 3y ago
Well, you're an Eagle Scout in everything but name, and honestly that might be better -- you get the personal satisfaction, but you don't do the thing all of us find extremely tedious about Eagle Scouts, which is constantly mentioning (in your 40s) how you're an Eagle Scout.
- em-bee 3y ago
  doing work and not having it recognized but in fact rejected because someone somewhere lost their notes is not the path to personal satisfaction. a lot of merit badge work is based on trust. it should not be to hard to ask a few questions about the work done to be able to judge if it was really done. most of this should be in the control of the scout masters. if they can't trust their scouts to be honest about this and work out a compromise then their troop has a real problem
  - MisterBastahrd 3y ago
    This was at a winter camp. My scoutmaster was not there. It was me and two other kids from my troop along with plenty of others from other troops. I (a) signed up for the classes, (b) paid for the classes, (c) completed all the work for the classes. According to them, instead of trying to figure out why I was attending and turning in the assigned work, they just tossed it. I don't respect truly lazy people, and that was truly lazy. So anyway, I made my case, they rejected it, and I decided I had enough. I didn't need their useless external validation, especially since I had already attended every bit of advanced and leadership training within my grasp due to my work and character. Eagle Scout was icing on the cake, it wasn't the cake.

floren 3y ago

Well, you're an Eagle Scout in everything but name, and honestly that might be better -- you get the personal satisfaction, but you don't do the thing all of us find extremely tedious about Eagle Scouts, which is constantly mentioning (in your 40s) how you're an Eagle Scout.

em-bee 3y ago
doing work and not having it recognized but in fact rejected because someone somewhere lost their notes is not the path to personal satisfaction. a lot of merit badge work is based on trust. it should not be to hard to ask a few questions about the work done to be able to judge if it was really done. most of this should be in the control of the scout masters. if they can't trust their scouts to be honest about this and work out a compromise then their troop has a real problem
- MisterBastahrd 3y ago
  This was at a winter camp. My scoutmaster was not there. It was me and two other kids from my troop along with plenty of others from other troops. I (a) signed up for the classes, (b) paid for the classes, (c) completed all the work for the classes. According to them, instead of trying to figure out why I was attending and turning in the assigned work, they just tossed it. I don't respect truly lazy people, and that was truly lazy. So anyway, I made my case, they rejected it, and I decided I had enough. I didn't need their useless external validation, especially since I had already attended every bit of advanced and leadership training within my grasp due to my work and character. Eagle Scout was icing on the cake, it wasn't the cake.