What was the Highest Rank in the Boy Scouts

[Fearnest]

Please remember your Eagle Pledge, which you repeated at your Eagle Court of Honor (if you had one). You pledged to give back to Scouting, an equal amount of what it gave to you.

I've still got a lot to give back!

Well said! (And thanks for delivering the promise.)

Now, get thee to Wood Badge!

[way2fractious]

I only made it to Star because of silly, juvenile short-sightedness and rebellion regarding "requirements" - but I loved the outdoor activities. That was cemented by the backpacking trips in the high Sierra Nevadas every summer, from age 12 on, with my dad and brothers.

Learning from my regrettable experience, as a Scoutmaster I vowed to do it right and signed up for Wood Badge (two words, kinda like Black Watch ) I used to be a Beaver...

For a couple years it was my burden to help (or, enforce) adults to sustain a program where the boys planned and executed the activities. Training the boys to take charge of their own advancement and help their friends (patrol method) was a continuous struggle. A few years later it was joyous payback to participate in a half-dozen Eagle Courts of Honor for "my boys."

Added a third bead when I served on a Wood Badge staff (where I used to be an honorary Antelope...) Another great honor when all five adult Antelopes completed their "tickets" and returned a finished traveling trophy medallion to me in thanks for my service.

Scouting, when done right, is the best thing ever for boys - and a huge reward for the adults who help them. Even those who don't make it to Eagle, or Queen's Scout or whatever, come away with life skills that will serve them well.

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