life rank

[scouter01]

"Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. "

for this req, we ahve to write how we did each.
ex: I was trustworthy when I ......
Does anyone else do this?

Before you attack my troop on putting in an extra req, its just how they wnt us to show how we were "scout like"

[Hubert]

No, I have to say we dont. But I have to admit, it is a nice way to get them more involved.

[pipestone1991]

Nope......the scout's spirt should be self-explanatory.

[ASM-142]

"Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. "

for this req, we ahve to write how we did each.
ex: I was trustworthy when I ......
Does anyone else do this?

Before you attack my troop on putting in an extra req, its just how they wnt us to show how we were "scout like"

By requiring writing this it is adding to the requirements.

[scouter01]

no, this is how we are demonstarting that we did it.

anyway, doesn't amtter, I am Life now

[evmori]

Gotta agree with ASM-142. While it's a great idea how to get the Scouts to understand how they live the Oath & Law, but making them write it down to get the requirement signed off IS adding to the requirements.

[Billiken]

I had a SM conference last night with a Scout who just finishe his Tenderfoot requirements. We discussed this very issue.

[Mrw]

Making it be in writing is adding to the requirements. Demonstrate and/or discuss is not the same thing as "Do this and then write about it."

It is really pretty clear who is trying to live with the Scout spirit and who is not. And we discuss some aspect of this every time we do a BOR - what does it mean to the boy and how does he show it.

My kids would have been the rebels that refused to write it down and I would have had their back on this one.

[scouter01]

How is it clear? I could be a jerk to everyong but my scout friends. Id still get the req. your way, but not ours.

[Mrw]

We ask questions like what does this or that part of the law or oath mean to you? How do you show that in your daily life? You could lie to us in a BOR less easily than you could inwriting a work of fiction about how wonderfully you carry out this part of life.

Besides, you are who you are, and I have yet to see a scout who is always great at scout stuff and a jerk everywhere else. You could argue that some kid is just a great actor for one hour a week, but the true colors will show.

[spl08]

"Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life. "

for this req, we ahve to write how we did each.
ex: I was trustworthy when I ......
Does anyone else do this?

I admit, it does sound like a good idea, but I see the issues with it, especially the part about adding to requirements.

Brings up an interesting point though. Even though it's probably been discussed before, how is it deteremined in each of your individual troops if the scout has fulfilled the requirement?

[scouter01]

We ask questions like what does this or that part of the law or oath mean to you? How do you show that in your daily life? You could lie to us in a BOR less easily than you could inwriting a work of fiction about how wonderfully you carry out this part of life.

Besides, you are who you are, and I have yet to see a scout who is always great at scout stuff and a jerk everywhere else. You could argue that some kid is just a great actor for one hour a week, but the true colors will show.

If I were amde to think of this on the spot, then that would be hard. If also, whats the differnce between an orla list and a written down list?

[scubascout]

we just ask the scout on the spot what they have done to help others in the past week

[scouter01]

I got asked what I had done that day ( for a good turn daily) and I said something bout making some homworky thingy for someone who was having srugery