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telekinetic · 10-22-2004, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MageB420666

Scout
(I think there was another one here)
Second-class scout
First-class scout
Star scout
Life scout
Eagle scout

Tenderfoot?

With all these Eagle's checking in, we should start and Eagle Scout thread.

spindles · 10-22-2004, 10:02 PM

I have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about...mainly because scouts in Australia don't have ranks like that (or maybe they do and I missed it).

I went right through scouts and venturers (where is was guys and girls) and you do cool shit like abseiling / caving / canyoning. I actually spent a little bit of time doing leader work with the local cub pack, when I was in venturers (for a badge).

After Venturers, comes Rovers (people too nerdy to stop going

)

Bratwurst · 10-23-2004, 07:12 AM

Eagle scout here. Was in cub scouts for one year, but didn't do webelos. Then one day when I was 12 or 13 (can't remember exactly) my mom made me go to the boy scout troop meeting they had each week at my middle school. I knew some of the guys there so I stuck around. Ended up getting my eagle and staying in the troop until I was 18. Some of my best friends are from scouts. We went to college together after scouts and still talk and hang out when I come back to town.

pocon1 · 10-23-2004, 09:50 AM

Hey Spindles, Scouts are cool overseas because they allow girls. We also had subsets called Explorers and Varsity Scouts, but I never got into those. I think explorers would align themselves with a particular activity like a troop-owned sailboat or with the Civil Air Patrol and base their activities around that.

macsmith230 · 10-23-2004, 01:42 PM

Has anyone felt that being an Eagle Scout has changed anything in their lives, practically speaking? I had always heard that it was something you would put on your resume, but there are several things from my earlier years that I leave off my resume, such as my first job at Dairy Queen...so I was wondering whether you would put Eagle Scout on there or leave it off.
I know that as an employer, if I see Eagle Scout on a resume it gets no real response from me, not positive or negative, but am wondering if it means something to others.
(I'm trying to write this in a way that doesn't imply that being an Eagle Scout means nothing...I don't believe that, just trying to find out if anyone has had any experiences with this later in life.)

optik_nerve · 10-23-2004, 06:35 PM

I always thought it was We-below boy scouts or something...*shrugs*

Edit: My friend's dad bought him an old Trans Am for completing Eagle Scouts.

Xell101 · 10-23-2004, 07:57 PM

My experience in the scouts sucked. Highly restrictive supervision all the way. Quit a short time after Webelos.

nottwood · 10-23-2004, 08:01 PM

Yes Webelos was cool. Camping and I was introduced to 'snipe' hunting...god, it was great sitting out in the dark forest all night waiting for that snipe. Went on many a snipe hunt after that as a guide.

DonnieBoy · 10-24-2004, 05:12 AM

I was in Webelos but got kicked out for eating a Brownie!

But seriously I was a webelos and stuck with it through scouts until I turned 18. Never made Eagle though and I am still kicking myself today for not trying harder... but once I became a senior in high school, there just didn't seem to be enough time anymore. It became too hard to get alot of the merit badges.

I made it to the rank of Life Though. I still talk to my old scout master regularly though. I ran into him 5 or 6 years ago, he retired and now works part time in a fish store by my house. I stop in every 2 to 3 weeks to pick up fish food and shoot the shit.

Scouts was a good part of my life, and I just hope when my son reaches that age that he will be interested in it too, unlike my dad I plan to make the time to join in with him.

DB

Hard8s · 10-24-2004, 06:24 AM

Another Eagle Scout here. But not much interested in it lately because of all the negativity with them not allowing certain groups into scouting. There was a national story not too long ago about the Scouts not allowing anyone who did not believe in God to join. I was always taught to believe in a higher power, it was up to the individual to interpret that as they wanted.

But as far as the good things that scouting gave me, confidence, the ability to survive for the most part on the land, appreciation of nature, leadership qualities, and the feeling that if I work hard to achieve something it will happen. Eagle scout was the first treal thing I had to work at and accomplished. Besides all the hiking and camping and boating and such was a lot of fun!!!

StephenSa · 10-25-2004, 11:48 AM

I was in Scouts, made it as far as Life Scout was a patrol leader and in the Order of the Arrow. Guess I was lucky, I don't remember a lot of religious indoctrination. Just camping and shooting, hiking, fishing, all the typical Scout stuff. It was a blast. I left when I was fourteen.
BTW, the second rank in Scouts is "Tenderfoot"

-Ever- · 10-25-2004, 01:23 PM

Eagle Scout a few years ago.

Had a great scouting experience, mainly cause I was in a really laid back, scout-governed troop (rather than run by a few crazy parents). Met my best friend in scouts and learned a lot of good things, including leadership, goal-setting, and understanding that while I live a high-maintenence lifestyle, I can go camping and not shower for weeks without feeling dirty

-T

JStrider · 10-25-2004, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hard8s

Another Eagle Scout here. But not much interested in it lately because of all the negativity with them not allowing certain groups into scouting. There was a national story not too long ago about the Scouts not allowing anyone who did not believe in God to join.

its really lame about all that...I dont think religion/sexuality/race should have any kind of role in who is allowed in scouting... and leaders definently should not push any of those type of beliefs on the scouts....

before i went up for the eagle board of review at the district level one of the scoutmasters pulled me aside and told me that he knew i am an athiest but if they ask if i believe in god the correct anser is yes...

during my board of review they had me going over the scout law and what it meant to me... when "and reverent" came around i told em that it meant to me that people should be accepting of others beliefs and all that... then they asked me if it meant anything about an individuals scouts belief... and i told them i thought that was very small and relatively unimportant part of the meaning...

...obviously they liked it enough to make me an eagle...

-Ever- · 10-25-2004, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JStrider

...obviously they liked it enough to make me an eagle...

Glad you stood up for that.

Xenomorph · 10-26-2004, 09:40 AM

I had fun for a while going from tiger cubs to low-ranked boy scout. Week long summer camp was fun as hell. Unfortunately the scoutmaster of 10, 15 years or so retired right when I was in the thick of it and all the replacements the troop tried to get for the position moved away or gave up after a month, and everyone but the Stars and Lifes who were determined to get their Eagle quit.

The experience people have depends on the troops they were with, though. Some are bible study groups, some will treat you like shit if you miss a single campout, and some don't want to do anything but sit on their ass and have a circlejerk at the weekly meeting. Mine was pretty good until it fell apart, but I'm not forcing my kids to do it in the way that my friends' parents and my own did until we told them to fuck off.

10-22-2004, 10:02 PM	#42 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	I have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about...mainly because scouts in Australia don't have ranks like that (or maybe they do and I missed it). I went right through scouts and venturers (where is was guys and girls) and you do cool shit like abseiling / caving / canyoning. I actually spent a little bit of time doing leader work with the local cub pack, when I was in venturers (for a badge). After Venturers, comes Rovers (people too nerdy to stop going ) __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?

10-24-2004, 06:24 AM	#50 (permalink)
Hard8s Addict Location: Wherever I am!	Another Eagle Scout here. But not much interested in it lately because of all the negativity with them not allowing certain groups into scouting. There was a national story not too long ago about the Scouts not allowing anyone who did not believe in God to join. I was always taught to believe in a higher power, it was up to the individual to interpret that as they wanted. But as far as the good things that scouting gave me, confidence, the ability to survive for the most part on the land, appreciation of nature, leadership qualities, and the feeling that if I work hard to achieve something it will happen. Eagle scout was the first treal thing I had to work at and accomplished. Besides all the hiking and camping and boating and such was a lot of fun!!! __________________ If ignorance is bliss, then wipe this smile off my face!

10-25-2004, 01:23 PM	#52 (permalink)
-Ever- Junkie Location: San Francisco	Eagle Scout a few years ago. Had a great scouting experience, mainly cause I was in a really laid back, scout-governed troop (rather than run by a few crazy parents). Met my best friend in scouts and learned a lot of good things, including leadership, goal-setting, and understanding that while I live a high-maintenence lifestyle, I can go camping and not shower for weeks without feeling dirty -T __________________ Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life. A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet Earth. Like a priceless jewel buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty into the caverns of space and time. Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home And experience of this place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster... --Acknowledge your weaknesses--

10-26-2004, 09:40 AM	#55 (permalink)
Xenomorph Crazy Location: St. Louis, MO	I had fun for a while going from tiger cubs to low-ranked boy scout. Week long summer camp was fun as hell. Unfortunately the scoutmaster of 10, 15 years or so retired right when I was in the thick of it and all the replacements the troop tried to get for the position moved away or gave up after a month, and everyone but the Stars and Lifes who were determined to get their Eagle quit. The experience people have depends on the troops they were with, though. Some are bible study groups, some will treat you like shit if you miss a single campout, and some don't want to do anything but sit on their ass and have a circlejerk at the weekly meeting. Mine was pretty good until it fell apart, but I'm not forcing my kids to do it in the way that my friends' parents and my own did until we told them to fuck off. __________________ The facehugger is short-lived outside the egg which normally protects it. Armed with a long grasping tail, a spray of highly-concentrated acid and the single-minded desire to impregnate a single selected prey using its extending probe, it will fearlessly pursue and attack a single selected target until it has succeeded in attachment or it or its target is dead

10-23-2004, 07:12 AM	#43 (permalink)
Bratwurst Insane Location: La la land	Eagle scout here. Was in cub scouts for one year, but didn't do webelos. Then one day when I was 12 or 13 (can't remember exactly) my mom made me go to the boy scout troop meeting they had each week at my middle school. I knew some of the guys there so I stuck around. Ended up getting my eagle and staying in the troop until I was 18. Some of my best friends are from scouts. We went to college together after scouts and still talk and hang out when I come back to town.

10-23-2004, 09:50 AM	#44 (permalink)
pocon1 Banned	Hey Spindles, Scouts are cool overseas because they allow girls. We also had subsets called Explorers and Varsity Scouts, but I never got into those. I think explorers would align themselves with a particular activity like a troop-owned sailboat or with the Civil Air Patrol and base their activities around that.

10-23-2004, 01:42 PM	#45 (permalink)
macsmith230 Tilted Location: Portland, Oregon	Has anyone felt that being an Eagle Scout has changed anything in their lives, practically speaking? I had always heard that it was something you would put on your resume, but there are several things from my earlier years that I leave off my resume, such as my first job at Dairy Queen...so I was wondering whether you would put Eagle Scout on there or leave it off. I know that as an employer, if I see Eagle Scout on a resume it gets no real response from me, not positive or negative, but am wondering if it means something to others. (I'm trying to write this in a way that doesn't imply that being an Eagle Scout means nothing...I don't believe that, just trying to find out if anyone has had any experiences with this later in life.)

10-23-2004, 06:35 PM	#46 (permalink)
optik_nerve Psycho Location: Florida	I always thought it was We-below boy scouts or something...shrugs Edit: My friend's dad bought him an old Trans Am for completing Eagle Scouts.

10-23-2004, 07:57 PM	#47 (permalink)
Xell101 Junkie	My experience in the scouts sucked. Highly restrictive supervision all the way. Quit a short time after Webelos.

10-23-2004, 08:01 PM	#48 (permalink)
nottwood Tilted	Yes Webelos was cool. Camping and I was introduced to 'snipe' hunting...god, it was great sitting out in the dark forest all night waiting for that snipe. Went on many a snipe hunt after that as a guide.

10-24-2004, 05:12 AM	#49 (permalink)
DonnieBoy Insane	I was in Webelos but got kicked out for eating a Brownie! But seriously I was a webelos and stuck with it through scouts until I turned 18. Never made Eagle though and I am still kicking myself today for not trying harder... but once I became a senior in high school, there just didn't seem to be enough time anymore. It became too hard to get alot of the merit badges. I made it to the rank of Life Though. I still talk to my old scout master regularly though. I ran into him 5 or 6 years ago, he retired and now works part time in a fish store by my house. I stop in every 2 to 3 weeks to pick up fish food and shoot the shit. Scouts was a good part of my life, and I just hope when my son reaches that age that he will be interested in it too, unlike my dad I plan to make the time to join in with him. DB

10-25-2004, 11:48 AM	#51 (permalink)
StephenSa Psycho Location: Dallas, Texas	I was in Scouts, made it as far as Life Scout was a patrol leader and in the Order of the Arrow. Guess I was lucky, I don't remember a lot of religious indoctrination. Just camping and shooting, hiking, fishing, all the typical Scout stuff. It was a blast. I left when I was fourteen. BTW, the second rank in Scouts is "Tenderfoot"