Re: [RR] Motivation - A collection of all emails received.

[Juan Caudillo]

This is a collection of all the emails I received for the email titled �motivation�

 

Original question:

 

Here's a question for the group.  What are some successful method's you've used to motivate a boy who is more interested in the games and activities of Royal Rangers than he is earning merits?

 

 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Let them earn their game time.  Give them more time for each completed merit

 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Only one or two boys...
First of all, DON'T make it a contest between the boys.  It happened once in out outpost, and the boys got really frustrated.

You can probably try to find a way to incorporate the merits with activity time.  It would depend on the merit as to how well it could be done, but with a little imagination, earning a merit can be fun.

 

 

CmdrPier  wrote:

Our boys would not wear the uniform ... until we went to Fall Camporee and bunked with a crack outpost whose boys were in uniform and they looked sharp.  Our boys wanted to know why they didn't have uniforms.  I didn't remind them of their desire not to be caught dead in one, I just gave them the info on getting it.  In short order, our outpost was "uniformed."

 

Same for merits.  At the sectional pow wow, they saw other boys who looked like a 5 star general with a chest full of merits and awards.  They started asking how do I get those?

 

In short, exposure.

 

 

 

Bob Triphahn wrote:

We incorporate the merit learning into the fun time. This seems to peak interest in most boys. But, there are some that are at the meeting just taking up oxygen. I do not give up on them, but then again I do not penalize everyone else for their lack of effort.

 

Find out what turns the boy on and incorporate it if possible into the meeting. Remember, Play is a boys work...

 

 

Darryl Patrick wrote:

Boys are all different.  Find out what motivates the boy.  I had the same problem.  I began to praise the boys who were earning merits and I made it out to be a grand thing and before long the boys that didn't want to work on the merits and just play games were wanting to work on merits. 

 

 

John Martinez wrote:

In our group, we used to involve fun in earning merits ("awards" in 
those days).
IOW, when earning the camping award, we used to actually take them 
camping as a group. They all earned it together. It was fun.
I know that there are lots of merits that will not work in that way 
Since they are geared toward the individual. But if you get the group 
motivated and have fun, you may spark an interest in the individuals.
 

 

 

Mike Burke wrote:

I always told them in order to do more with Rangers we need to earn

merits. The more merits earned, the more activities we can do and I gave

examples of the activities. It was an uphill battle because Rangers was just vying

for time in many of their lives between sports, Kung Fu lessons, Piano

lessons, it was just something additional that got the back burner at least in

the outpost I used to be with (#39)

 

�Ace Numer-Uno� wrote:

*Things are just a bit different in Scout Troop T328
 
The way merits are played-
 
The boy is in charge of finding a "councilor" and making
the merit happen by continued phone contact or personal meetings.
 
If say, a boy "signs up" by the process of declaring his intent
to work on a merit.. We issue him a "Blue Card" and record both
the date and the "Councilor"...
 
Nothing more is done by Scoutmaster staff until the boy
 returns
and presents a signed off stub of his original "Blue Card"..
 
*I think...  (watch out<G>)
The Motivation comes when everyone but "you" walk up to be recognized
and awarded the merit at a Court of "Honor".........
 
In the extreme... for boys who do not advance
 
They are called into a special "Board of review" to see if there
is some problem that needs attention<G>  In this "safe harbor" of
a meeting...  situations are brought to the attention of the boy
and he's
 asked to set new goals or review his behavior.
 
*And yes... for the good of the troop, if the boy cannot change..
he is offered one dollar (*Total registration fee to transfer 
membership) and asked to find another troop better suited to his goals and more to his liking. His parents also are involved.
 
None of this is done to humiliate the boy...
However, when a problem boy is removed, the Troop seems more motivated 
And prepared to advance.

 

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