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- From: jlw3@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (Joseph L. Wood, III)
- Subject: Re: Scouting Roundup
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:25:12 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.182512.5185@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Aug12.175532.24390@linus.mitre.org> <1992Aug13.154820.6989@adobe.com> <1992Aug14.193749.18092@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Aug14.193749.18092@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> stank@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Stan Krieger) writes:
- > >>Perhaps we'll move on to useful discusssions on what to do with (boy,
- > >>Webelos, cub) scouts given that the school year will soon be starting.
- >
- > As a Troop Committee member, one of my concerns is smoothing the
- > transition from 5th grade Webelos to the Troop. Over the past
- > few years, the 5th graders have been woefully unprepared, to the
- > point that we need to retest the boys on everything that they were
- > supposed to have done to get the Arrow of Light (e.g., we can tolerate
- > a bit of fumbling over the Scout Law, but when they get bogged down
- > on "trustworthy", there's a problem).
-
- I think that this depends on the crop of kids. When this fall's ninth
- graders were in kindergarten in our town. the kindergarten teacher
- thought she was teaching second grade. The next year she was brought
- down to earth. The past couple of years have been terrible.
-
- >
- > How have other Troops and 5th grade Webelos Dens worked together? Also,
- > in what month do you have crossover (or do the boys finish the year
- > with the pack and not join the Troop until the start of 6th grade)?
-
- We've tried it both ways. Holding them in Cubs until June and bringing
- them in earlier, sometimes as early as March. One problem we've encountered
- is that Cubs aren't prepared for Winter and early Spring camping. They
- don't have the gear, the skills, or the stamina.
-
- In any event I've never seen a Cub make a successful transition to
- the Troop who didn't go to summer camp that first summer. This
- year I have two new scouts who didn't so I hope that they'll
- prove me wrong.
-
- Joe Wood
- Scoutmaster, Troop 52 George Washington Council
- jlw@mtuxo.att.com
-