Eagle Scouting

carnation · #1 08-14-2005, 08:46 AM

I just remembered this thread because last night, our son was inducted into the Order of the Arrow! (As a Pi Phi, I was thrilled by all the "arrow" items he was given!)

Anyway, he's well on his way to Eagle rank and his younger brother is right behind him.

alum · #2 03-27-2007, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by carnation

I just remembered this thread because last night, our son was inducted into the Order of the Arrow! (As a Pi Phi, I was thrilled by all the "arrow" items he was given!)

Anyway, he's well on his way to Eagle rank and his younger brother is right behind him.

My 7th grader was elected (not inducted until Ordeal) into OA a couple of nights ago. He also earned his Life Scout rank, one of the youngest in his troop to do so. He needs to slow down so he doesn't get earn his Eagle until high school.

As a Kappa myself and as a mother of a Pi Phi, I am really noticing all the Monmouth Duo symbols in BSA.

ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl · #3 03-28-2007, 12:05 AM

Boy Scouts are awesome...it's such a good, CLEAN way to have fun. My dad thinks he is still one (he's an assistant scout master, but he gets more excited about finding new campsites or mapping trails on his GPS than my brothers do...he has an outdoors obsession) and he made my brothers stay involved. Some of their best friends were from boy scouts and both will have about all the awards you can get to put on their resume (one has never missed a campout in three years, the other has missed a very few for health reasons) and I know it'll help in college. Eagle Scouts have built some really cool things for their projects around my home town.

On the other hand, I hated Brownies because all we did was fake-sew, decorate cookies, and watch the little mermaid. I wish now, though, that I hadn't been such a stubborn tomboy, because staying in Girl Scouts might've been a really good thing for me.

AGDee · #4 03-28-2007, 06:55 AM

I can update now too. My son earned his Arrow of Light at Blue & Gold in February and crossed over to Boy Scouts last week. I didn't think he was going to cross over. He's been fighting me about going to Cub Scouts for the last several years, but then always decided to do it again for one more year. Every year, I gave him the option to quit at the end of the year, with the understanding that if he committed to another year, he had to finish out that year (finish what you start philosophy).

I really didn't think he'd cross over. So, we went to our first Boy Scout Troop meeting on Monday, which was their semi-annual Court of Honor. I thought my son would find it incredibly boring, but he was excited about going and said it was a lot better than Cub Scouts. He liked being around the older boys. He's in 5th grade now. He never wanted to camp with the Cub Scouts after a couple bad day camp experiences and has never spent a weekend away from home without a parent around, but now he can't wait to camp. Go figure. I'm going into Boy Scouts determined not to take a leadership role. I'm not going to fight with him if he doesn't want to go to stuff then. I'm quite relieved to be free of my Assistant Den Leader and Advancement Chair duties. QUITE RELIEVED. I will support him if he wants to continue with Boy Scouts, but am not going to push him. The troop he joined also produces an amazing number of Eagles.

My daughter is now in 7th grade and is working on her Girl Scout Silver Award. She has unwavering dedication to Scouts.

UGAalum94 · #5 03-28-2007, 06:17 PM

This might be more a question of the type of kid drawn to both, rather than an actual direct benefit, but I've noticed that a lot of the guy students at the high school where I teach who get nominations to national service academies are also Eagle Scouts. I don't hear as much about the Gold Awards, so I don't know if this applies to the girls who go as well.