Just a clanging bell to say that *Teaching Ranger material like a course of classwork is redundent to the notion of "scouting"
Yes it may be effective, and erase any mental prep work<G> But it also shoots individual achievement and the associated "Honor" of personal effort in the foot. In the troop we attend.. a boy who attends the meetings and campouts may *never make rank or rate. He might be asked why he isn't interested in advancement.. But he never is given a bribe or cut a break on his duty. The weekly meeting is often crazy or disorganized. Getting a handbook signed is hard to do.. unless you get it done by your personal effort. How does teaching a Royal Ranger sunday school lesson promote the gold points? How does holding a lecture/reading class relate to "earning" anything? Later in the life of every American Citizen... *Do we advance in life by attending classes, or by enguageing in the struggle with all our talents? -=A=- --- Andy Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If it holds to Rich's original concept back in 1998, when he introduced > it to us at the All Commanders Conference in NCN, It's definitely > designed to let boys jump in on the subject the Outpost is currently > working on, so that the Commander doesn't have to continually switch > gears and back track when new boys join in. The boys who miss one > particular subject will just catch that subject on the next trip around > the circle. > > Parson > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ken Komoto > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [RR] New program ? > > They work on exactly the same lesson as the rest of the boys. But > instead > of earning the Ram badge when done, they will earn the Antelope. What > you > earn each quarter is based upon what you already have, not upon a > specific > lesson. > > At least, that's the way it appears to have been designed. I'm not sure > > how all that works in practice because of the way the material is > organized. It appears to be badge specific on a quarter by quarter > basis, > which is not how it was originally explained... I'm seeing the same > thing > in the Discovery Ranger material... > > At 01:52 PM 8/29/2003 -0400, CmdrPier wrote: > >We started Rangers Kids this Spring. I recall the program is to be > >circular - a boy can jump in at any point and keep up with the group. > > > >Now, we have a bunch of boys who have earned the first rank, Cougar I > think. > >When we reconvene this fall, what do the new boys start on as the older > >group from last year will be working on the next rung of the ladder? > > > >Confused in PA > >Kelvin > > > > > >_______ > > > > > > List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: > > http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm > > > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm > > ============================================================ > Kenneth Komoto, Commander mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Adventure Rangers Outpost 193 Phone: (530)752-7197 > Southpointe Christian Center Fax : (530)752-0329 > Sacramento, Ca 95828 > > _______ > > > List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: > http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm > > > _______ > > > List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: > http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm ===== *High MORALE is the Index of effective Leadership. --------------********+********-------------------- Morale raises belief of the Leader in the follower, of the follower in the Leader, of each in themself, and both in the .....cause! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______ List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm
