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My Eagle Scout Board of review is tomorrow night. I'm so scared...
For those of you who aren't scout oriented, an Eagle Scout board of review is like a firing squad. It's a question and answer session that you have to get through after finishing all of the other requirements. I know normally, it's not that bad, but my board consists of 2 people from my Scout troop whom I'm ok with, and 2 people whom I have had unfriendly words with from the council. One of which's son I had to fire from an AO Ceremonies Team, and the other being the local camp ranger (who has busted me for bending rules on all levels).
I mean I've done so much for the council and the OA lodge, that i'd have to say something very stupid not to pass, but I'm still scared sh**less...
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Hey, good luck. I hear they are pretty nerve wracking...
I'm actually trying to get my Eagle Project finished right now. I'm not having much luck. I got it approved about four months ago, and the people I'm doing the project for have changed their minds once on what they wanted, which was a pain. (Luckily I didn't have to get the project re-approved.) The people that need to get a few things going...aren't. I guess it's all part of the "leadership" part of the project, but it's annoying when people don't do what they say they are going to.
Anyway, I hope it goes well!
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If you are going to study anything, I'd recommend brushing up on your knots. Boards of review love to test scouts on their knots.
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aragorn64- My project was changed a total of 4 times after i got it approved... It took me 9 months and near 300 man hours to get it finnished. I turned the paper work in with 14 hours till I was 18... trust me, the project is supposed to be nerve wrecking.
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1000? Pooh! That's nuttin'. I'm trying to hit 10,000 by the end of the year.
Boy Scout question: My son was in the scouts for a while, and he did learn how to tie a whole passel of knots, which, I must say, he never uses. They never did teach him how to properly tie a necktie, however. His ma had to teach him that. Now why is that? If there is any knot that is going to be useful to know, it is a well-tied Windsor.
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I was on one for one of our mentors. Before the review, we just divied up a few questions between us.
Then we asked the questions, sent him out of the room to make him sweat for about 10 minutes, and called him back in to announce he made it. Of course, he had done all his requirements well and answered all the questions. But there was no doubt at this stage.
Good luck - I hope it goes as easy for you.
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I find in these situations that the following are true:
1) People you think have it in for you, rarely do.
2) Everyone in the room wants you to succeed and are really pulling for you.
3) Assuming they control WHEN you can take the test, they wouldn't let you go in there if they didn't think you would pass.
Good luck. Do well. Enjoy the moment! It's a major accomplishment and you should stick a flag in this day as something to look back on with pride and to inspire you when things get tough.
quote:If there is any knot that is going to be useful to know, it is a well-tied Windsor.
I work in men's clothing, and I disagree. At least here in the USA, that is....not many people wear spread collars and a Windsor is WAY too big to look good.
A half-Windsor is SO much more practical these days, as is a four-in-hand... Posts: 15082 | Registered: Jul 2001
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I passed my board of review... I'm an eagle scout... and to prove i wasn't just lucky tonight, i had to go play cards... I lost 20 dollars... I'm not lucky, I'M AN EAGLE SCOUT.....
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Very Cool! Congrats, that is an incredible achievment...I quit scouting the day before I was inducted as a Life scout, the step before Eagle, and while it was most definatly the correct thing to do at the time I have always wished I had gone to another troop and finished up there.
Welcome to the big time, bro. Posts: 15082 | Registered: Jul 2001
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Congratulations! Yep, sounds a lot like mine. I had a few cross words with the council guy that sat mine. It's ok, I'm real good friends with people that work in some other councils and a few national execs.
You should try working Philmont sometime. Or Seabase, whatever your style is.
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Actually, I do want to work at Philmont, but since I'm still in high school, i'd have to miss the last month of classes in order to be there for the first month of the season.
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I went to D Bar A in MI, one of the largest camps they run, for four year as a Scout. I loved it.
At the time I went D Bar A and Philmont were the only camps that offered the Horsemanship merit badge, which was one of my favorites. Posts: 15082 | Registered: Jul 2001
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There has been no news here today saying that any rangers were harmed in the making of this eagle scout!
Congrats tyler, now we just have to get me through my 4-H award by September 1st (including a huge speech at state fair saturday early morning), then we're all grown up. (or not)
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Never imply that I have "grown up"... I maintain my basement is like never land (Peter Pan's, not Michael Jackson's) as long as I don't leave, I'll never grow old... except my mother informed me that once i graduate, I will either be moving out, or paying rent....
Oh, and your right, I did refrain from killing all members of my board.... that alone deserves national recognition.
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I think it just depends on how you tie the Windsor. If you are adept at it and make it a tight knot, nothing looks better. The Half-Windsor has a name that describes it precisely, "half". I wouldn't wear a hat with half a brim, and I wouldn't walk out of the house with a tie that looks lopsided even tied correctly.
Of course, that's just my two cents. Can anybody tell I wear a tie too often for my own good?
And congrats on the Eagle!
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Except that a kerchief is already off to one side, adding asymmetry by it's mere presence, while the tie is in the middle, a place that looks a heck of a lot better being symmetrical, not asymmetrical.
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And that, my friend, is a matter of opinion. However, I suggest looking at some "imperfectly perfect" japanese pottery to obtain an understanding of the aesthetic motivations for putting something asymmetrical in the center.
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Your basement is a lot like neverland, but it really is missing the brass bong, which I think i should put on my parents will as it will go to you. (another of my father's junk yard finds, it was made into a lamp, but it's so a bong)
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