@BlueWhaleLord if you could do that, you could be one of the fastest to get an Eagle Scout through a span of your comment (2 years). Like the confidence you have and the content this video explains through
Durst Class was the highest rank in Scouting when BP made is comment. No. The first sentence of Scout Requirement 3a is "Explain the patrol method." That is tough because BSA stopped coherently explaining its most important method decades ago. It has not been a training objective to teach Scoutmasters to understand or explain the Patrol method for over twenty-five years. For fourteen of those years (2000-2014), the adult training syllabus section on "the patrol method" did not even contain the word "patrol" and lacked a single sentence on the patrol method. Nevertheless, the features of the Patrol Method are still scattered about in official BSA literature here and there, and BSA pays it lip service with a fictional quotation from Baden-Powell. So lets bring them together, shall we? Troops are composed of patrols, not divided into patrols. Even the Handbook says that now. The implication understandably escapes BSA. "Patrol Method." Patrols came first. Troops exist to support patrols. In fact, for the first 52 years of Scouting in the USA, and first fifty years of BSA, patrols could, and often were, independently registered as stand-alone units. A Scout is to spend most of his or her time in a patrol, not a troop, context. Patrol program is more important than troop program. "Patrol Method." (BSA occasionally gets that backwards.) In Scouting, the Scout primarily learn Scout skills within his or her patrol from Scouts in that patrol. Only "sometimes" are skills are learned outside the patrol context. "Patrol Method." So throw away the BSA model troop meeting plan. It is grossly wrong and has been grossly wrong since first published in the 1970s. The "patrol meeting" should take up the great bulk of the troop meeting, not ten minutes - "Patrol Method." As you know, the patrol is a democracy, as is the troop. That democracy is a feature of the Patrol Method, not the fictional "Scout-led troop" method. The elected SPL leads the group of patrols called a "troop" through the patrol leaders. Adults no not select leaders - ever. The patrol is a team Every member "plays" a "position" on the team. Adults have no position on the team or in the "game of Scouting" anymore than a Little League coach has a position pitching, fielding, or batting in a Little League game. Adults are coaches, mentors, resources, and leadership trainers, not leaders per se. There is no "troop method" in Scouting. Patrols are supposed to be a group of friends. ALL other factors are secondary.
@@EagleScoutMacGuzman - You are correct - boy lead in a small environment best. However, a lot of the larger troops are failing with the patrol method and have opted to the troop method which doesn't exist. As an example in my son's troop I was an Outdoor Coordinator. I often visited a patrol meeting encouraging a patrol to plan an outdoor event just as a patrol. In over 3 years not one patrol (and we had 6) independently organized an activity. I would like to challenge you to make sure your patrols are creating patrol activities.
@Thomas Linton thanks for a great explanation of Patrols in BSA. I am making a list if future videos and put this on there. I am interested in learning about the Patrol Method history. Maybe I will combine it with Scout Heritage Merit Badge.😀
I joined as soon as I could when I was 10. However, both troops I went to did not focus on new scouts. I quit at age 12. I was in scouts for a year and a half, but only had Scout Rank because the older kids did not care for the new kids. So I quit scouts when I was 12 and took about a 3 year break. Then I joined back after I tuned 15. Since then I have been in boy scouts for about a year and a half. And In that year and a half I decided to pick myself up and REALLY make a difference. I got Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, and Star Scout. Thanks for asking!
@@EagleScoutMacGuzman my son just joined, he is in fifth grade and 11 years old. I hope he can get eagle scout before starting High School but I am not sure how practical it is.
He can earn Eagle in 3-4 years but it is a lot of work. Sometimes the younger boys are not mature or responsible enough. And thats ok. They have enough time to grow into the leadership positions. The main thing is to have fun, learn skills, and help others.
@@SumuduVNagodavithana - Dedicated participation is a major factor. Plan to attend as many activities and meetings as possible and definitely attend the camp outs and summer camps.
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@BlueWhaleLord if you could do that, you could be one of the fastest to get an Eagle Scout through a span of your comment (2 years). Like the confidence you have and the content this video explains through
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Durst Class was the highest rank in Scouting when BP made is comment.
No. The first sentence of Scout Requirement 3a is "Explain the patrol method." That is tough because BSA stopped coherently explaining its most important method decades ago. It has not been a training objective to teach Scoutmasters to understand or explain the Patrol method for over twenty-five years. For fourteen of those years (2000-2014), the adult training syllabus section on "the patrol method" did not even contain the word "patrol" and lacked a single sentence on the patrol method.
Nevertheless, the features of the Patrol Method are still scattered about in official BSA literature here and there, and BSA pays it lip service with a fictional quotation from Baden-Powell.
So lets bring them together, shall we?
Troops are composed of patrols, not divided into patrols. Even the Handbook says that now. The implication understandably escapes BSA.
"Patrol Method."
Patrols came first. Troops exist to support patrols. In fact, for the first 52 years of Scouting in the USA, and first fifty years of BSA, patrols could, and often were, independently registered as stand-alone units.
A Scout is to spend most of his or her time in a patrol, not a troop, context.
Patrol program is more important than troop program. "Patrol Method." (BSA occasionally gets that backwards.)
In Scouting, the Scout primarily learn Scout skills within his or her patrol from Scouts in that patrol. Only "sometimes" are skills are learned outside the patrol context. "Patrol Method."
So throw away the BSA model troop meeting plan. It is grossly wrong and has been grossly wrong since first published in the 1970s. The "patrol meeting" should take up the great bulk of the troop meeting, not ten minutes - "Patrol Method."
As you know, the patrol is a democracy, as is the troop. That democracy is a feature of the Patrol Method, not the fictional "Scout-led troop" method.
The elected SPL leads the group of patrols called a "troop" through the patrol leaders.
Adults no not select leaders - ever.
The patrol is a team Every member "plays" a "position" on the team.
Adults have no position on the team or in the "game of Scouting" anymore than a Little League coach has a position pitching, fielding, or batting in a Little League game. Adults are coaches, mentors, resources, and leadership trainers, not leaders per se.
There is no "troop method" in Scouting.
Patrols are supposed to be a group of friends. ALL other factors are secondary.
Thanks for the explanation. I think the point is boys learn better in small teams.
@@EagleScoutMacGuzman - You are correct - boy lead in a small environment best. However, a lot of the larger troops are failing with the patrol method and have opted to the troop method which doesn't exist. As an example in my son's troop I was an Outdoor Coordinator. I often visited a patrol meeting encouraging a patrol to plan an outdoor event just as a patrol. In over 3 years not one patrol (and we had 6) independently organized an activity. I would like to challenge you to make sure your patrols are creating patrol activities.
@Thomas Linton thanks for a great explanation of Patrols in BSA. I am making a list if future videos and put this on there. I am interested in learning about the Patrol Method history. Maybe I will combine it with Scout Heritage Merit Badge.😀
How old were you when you joined scouting?
I joined as soon as I could when I was 10. However, both troops I went to did not focus on new scouts. I quit at age 12. I was in scouts for a year and a half, but only had Scout Rank because the older kids did not care for the new kids. So I quit scouts when I was 12 and took about a 3 year break. Then I joined back after I tuned 15. Since then I have been in boy scouts for about a year and a half. And In that year and a half I decided to pick myself up and REALLY make a difference. I got Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, and Star Scout. Thanks for asking!
@@EagleScoutMacGuzman my son just joined, he is in fifth grade and 11 years old. I hope he can get eagle scout before starting High School but I am not sure how practical it is.
He can earn Eagle in 3-4 years but it is a lot of work. Sometimes the younger boys are not mature or responsible enough. And thats ok. They have enough time to grow into the leadership positions. The main thing is to have fun, learn skills, and help others.
@@EagleScoutMacGuzman Mac - I think you should state your age more often in the videos. I've watched thinking you were an 11 year old SPL
@@SumuduVNagodavithana - Dedicated participation is a major factor. Plan to attend as many activities and meetings as possible and definitely attend the camp outs and summer camps.
Haha someone in the livechat asked if I was your mom. 😡😡😡
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