Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
That doesn't really happen in most places. If leaders can find a middle ground between being a requirements Nazi and a total slacker, earning the merit badges can be an important way for boys to learn how to work and progress steadily towards a long-term goal. But Scouting is so variable from troop to troop and leader to leader. There are probably as many horror stories as success stories. And LDS troops have a deserved reputation as the worst.
In the news reports of the change today, Fox 13's Ben Winslow has had many people telling him their stories of scouting in Utah.

One of the more common ones, especially in Utah County it seems, was parents requiring a completed Eagle Scout to get a driver license.

Scouting is an interesting world.

I'm currently a collateral advisor for the SLCPD Police Explorer program. We have 70 Explorers. Last year they did approximate 17,000 hours of community service. The Explorer post is technically a part of the Boy Scouts Of America. (Interestingly enough we have more girls than boys in the post and have since it's inception)


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