How many times do we start to teach our boys something on a Wednesday
evening or whatever night you meet and not get through everything and tell
the boy to take it home and finish it?
Keith Brooks
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From: Commander Pier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: RangerNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Ken Komoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09 29 00 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [RR] NTC Letter and Rebuttal
>> Even though these skills
>> are taught (well, at least covered) in LTC IV, I would not expect that
all
>> trainees have sufficient depth of knowledge to claim NTC as a 'colossal
>> waste of time.'
>
>If they didn't grow up with it (camping experience), then they need to
apply
>themselves and learn it like I did. I carried a piece of 1/4" nylon rope
>with me and whenever I had a chance I practiced knots (clove hitch,
bowline,
>square, taut line) - even in the john.
>For compass, I bought "how to be expert with map and compass" and studied
>it. I learned the knots and basic compass at LTC, then worked on building
>those skills.
>
>> It took me all four days of NTC to learn how to do an eye-splice.
>
>The eye splice was not taught at NTC. We were given a photocopy of how to
>do it and handed a piece of rope and told to tie it. What kind of
>"training" is that? I didn't need to drive 5 hours for that, they could
>have mailed it to me.
>
>> And I think that allowing men to attend NTC without
>> LTC is still reasonable. It serves the same purpose as allowing
men/women
>> to attend BSTC without attending LTC. There are many folks out there who
>> simply cannot dedicate 30 week nights to attend LTC. Getting them into
>NTC
>> or BSTC exposes them to the system, the plan and the skills sets needed
to
>> teach Royal Rangers, and it does it in three to four days.
>
>Then change NTC to NLTC - National Leadership Training Course.
>
>KLP
>
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