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- From: eam@phx.mcd.mot.com (Ed Mohrman)
- Subject: Re: Boards of Review
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.002919.9921@phx.mcd.mot.com>
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- Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Tempe, Az.
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 00:29:19 GMT
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- >From: mgodbout@necis.UUCP (Marc Godbout)
- >Subject: Boards of Review
- >Date: 11 Sep 92 15:56:47 GMT
- >Organization: NEC Information Systems, Acton, MA
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- >I've been told that when participating in a board of review, the reviewers
- >should not spend any time grilling the scout on scout knowledge, but should
- >more or less talk to him about his plans and goals. I was wondering what other
- >troops do. What do you think the board of review is supposed to accomplish?
- >Should we be preparing the scout for the Eagle board of review (whatever that
- >is)? How do you decide if the scout is ready or not for advancement?
- >Thanks for any help you may have.
- >
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- Good question.
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- We do quiz them on Scout knowledge. We find about 15% cant demonstrate
- basic Scout kowledge when they get to their board of review. Apparently,
- they can remember the skill for an hour or a day or ... - long enough to
- get the skill marked off, but they forget it by the time they get to the
- board of review. I think we have to avoid asking them stupid little
- detail questions (like the kid who once asked a reviewee to name the 5 parts
- of the ax...). We try to mix 50-50 scout skill and scout spirit questions.
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- Ed
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