New Eagle Scout

[EHCAlum]

Congrats to you and your son. We are patiently waiting for word back from the national Scouting office on my son. He passed his board of review in August. Now we are in the hurry up and wait phase. They said it takes 45 to 90 days for word to come back that we can have the court of honor. So I can really start to jones about it a week from today.

I have to ask. How old is your son? Mine is 14. His Scoutmaster always said that the boys need to get their Eagle before the fumes get to them: perfumes, car fumes, etc.

I was 17 when I earned Eagle. It's a personal pet peeve of mine when I see 13, 14 year old Eagles who seem to breeze through the ranks. An Eagle takes a bit of maturity. Also I find requirements are getting watered down a bit and also service project are starting to lack. I mean really, how many choose to build a small trail or benches every year.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I was 17 when I earned Eagle. It's a personal pet peeve of mine when I see 13, 14 year old Eagles who seem to breeze through the ranks. An Eagle takes a bit of maturity. Also I find requirements are getting watered down a bit and also service project are starting to lack. I mean really, how many choose to build a small trail or benches every year.

In many ways it seems Scouting has succumbed to the "every child a winner" nonsense that has schools giving passing grades to those who do not deserve, make that earn, them. I would be very surprised if the current flock of "eaglets" could rise to the challenges required of Eagle Scouts in 1965...

As far as my views on scouts wearing the kilt is concerned, the search engine is your friend...