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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
+1 to what Don said. I did scouting for several years, but our troop was extremely disorganized and didn't do much to equip us with the resources to go after merit badges and rank advancements. Most of what I earned, I did on my own or at summer camp. I think in the entire time I was a member we had one guy make life scout level and that was about it.
No regrets - it was fun, but it would have been nice if I'd been with a troop that had some better resources, probably would have made it.
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When I joined my troop, it had over 100 members and had been in continual existence since the 1920's. There were 8 patrols of 10-12 guys and a "Leadership Corps"--6-8 guys who were Life or Eagle.
There was a minor scandal when I was 14. One of the kids (who was a real trouble-maker) had started a forest-fire at summer camp. (It was never clear to me whether it was intentional or an accident.) The fire was extinguised, but it took around 50 people about 30 minutes to put it out. In the ensuing investigation, it was uncovered that a lot of the other kids had either done similar things or had not done enough to discourage this kid. Out of shame, most of the senior members of the troop never came back after that summer.
Suddenly, I went from being 1-2 years away from being invited to join the leadership corps to being the most senior member of the troop.