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table of contents
Preface i
Introduction iii
1—Why Eagle? 1
2—Unofficial? 3
3—Scouting Outsiders 7
4—Path to Eagle—the Right Way 13
5—Biological and Psychological Facts of Life-- 17
Teen-age Boys are Brain-Damaged!
6—Eagle Requirements 23
7—Eagle Required Merit Badges 33
8—UNOFFICIAL Guide Strategy 39
Final Note: Cotillion 49
References 55
“First Four” Merit Badge Charts 59
UNOFFICIAL Eagle Trail Poster 155
Author Profile 161
Introduction iii
1—Why Eagle? 1
2—Unofficial? 3
3—Scouting Outsiders 7
4—Path to Eagle—the Right Way 13
5—Biological and Psychological Facts of Life-- 17
Teen-age Boys are Brain-Damaged!
6—Eagle Requirements 23
7—Eagle Required Merit Badges 33
8—UNOFFICIAL Guide Strategy 39
Final Note: Cotillion 49
References 55
“First Four” Merit Badge Charts 59
UNOFFICIAL Eagle Trail Poster 155
Author Profile 161
Excerpt--Sample from Chapter 2
The UNOFFICIAL
Guide to Earning Eagle is intended for Scouts and families with no prior
Scouting experience. Maybe you are a father who was not a Scout. Maybe you had
a brief experience, but didn’t remain in Scouts. Maybe you’re a mother who has
never had any exposure to Scouting before. Maybe you’re a relative or friend of
a boy who is a Scout, or who wants to be a Scout, and you don’t know anything
about Scouting. Or maybe you’re a boy, already a Scout, or planning to be a Scout and you do not have any family ties to the
organization.
The UNOFFICIAL Guide to Earning Eagle is your own personal Scouting Insider. We provide you with the secret tips and tricks that ease an Insider’s path to Eagle. Even without being a Scouting Insider, your Scout will enjoy all the benefits they do.
The UNOFFICIAL Guide to Earning Eagle is your own personal Scouting Insider. We provide you with the secret tips and tricks that ease an Insider’s path to Eagle. Even without being a Scouting Insider, your Scout will enjoy all the benefits they do.
excerpt--sample from chapter 8
Now that you understand why it is so crucial for your
Scout to achieve early in his Scouting career, let’s introduce the key elements
of the UNOFFICIAL Strategy
Following these strategic points will improve the chance that your Scout will earn Eagle. This is not a guarantee, but this Outsider approach will give your Scout the Insider’s chance of making his Eagle.
Review these points, consider them, and work on applying them. Some of the points may not be perfectly clear at first. For example, the “bypass blockages” may not make sense, until you bump up against a blockage. You may want to review the key points once a year, or so, and be sure that you’re keeping on track.
They are presented in priority order. The first Strategy Key Point is the most important—providing administrative assistance to your Scout. The second is the next most important—ensuring that your Scout starts immediately on the First Four merit badges. And so on, down to the sixth. If you can put in practice all of these Strategic Key Points, it is likely that your Scout will reach his goal.
Following these strategic points will improve the chance that your Scout will earn Eagle. This is not a guarantee, but this Outsider approach will give your Scout the Insider’s chance of making his Eagle.
Review these points, consider them, and work on applying them. Some of the points may not be perfectly clear at first. For example, the “bypass blockages” may not make sense, until you bump up against a blockage. You may want to review the key points once a year, or so, and be sure that you’re keeping on track.
They are presented in priority order. The first Strategy Key Point is the most important—providing administrative assistance to your Scout. The second is the next most important—ensuring that your Scout starts immediately on the First Four merit badges. And so on, down to the sixth. If you can put in practice all of these Strategic Key Points, it is likely that your Scout will reach his goal.
UNOFFICIAL Strategy
Key Point 1
Parent as administrative assistant
The Boy Scout journey includes a boy growing, maturing, facing challenges, overcoming challenges, learning, applying himself, and having fun. The road to Eagle, as we’ve seen, is complicated, and probably beyond most boys’ ability to achieve—on their own.
This is where his parents come in. Everything in Scouting is up to the boy. He goes in to his Scoutmaster conferences by himself. He has to tie the knots. He has to do the hiking, camping, building shelter, and all the other skills required.
But his parents can provide him structure, guidance, planning, logistical support. And that is exactly what our young Scouts need. They need help in looking at the long-term. They need help keeping focused. They need help in taking the long road to Eagle one step at a time. Parents, grand-parents, uncles and aunts, big brothers and sister, and other concerned adults can provide the structure and long-term planning and support that our Scouts need.
Parent as administrative assistant
The Boy Scout journey includes a boy growing, maturing, facing challenges, overcoming challenges, learning, applying himself, and having fun. The road to Eagle, as we’ve seen, is complicated, and probably beyond most boys’ ability to achieve—on their own.
This is where his parents come in. Everything in Scouting is up to the boy. He goes in to his Scoutmaster conferences by himself. He has to tie the knots. He has to do the hiking, camping, building shelter, and all the other skills required.
But his parents can provide him structure, guidance, planning, logistical support. And that is exactly what our young Scouts need. They need help in looking at the long-term. They need help keeping focused. They need help in taking the long road to Eagle one step at a time. Parents, grand-parents, uncles and aunts, big brothers and sister, and other concerned adults can provide the structure and long-term planning and support that our Scouts need.
REFERENCES
BSA Official Eagle Scout Fact Sheet
http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/EagleScouts.aspx
BSA Official Requirements Book
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Boy_Scout_Requirements
BSA Official Guide to Advancement—Eagle Rank
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/guidetoadvancement/eaglescoutrank.aspx
BSA Official Guide to Advancement—Boards of Review
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/GuideToAdvancement/BoardsofReview.aspx
BSA Official Guide—Advancement Resources
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards/resources.aspx
BSA Official Guide—Advancement and Awards
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards.aspx
US Scouts Guide—Eagle Requirements
http://www.usscouts.org/advance/boyscout/bsrank7.asp
MeritBadge.org Requirements for Eagle
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Eagle_Scout_Rank
Merit Badge Worksheets
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_Badge_Worksheets
Eagle Project Ideas
http://www.scoutorama.com/project/
Eagle Project Checklist
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/images/f/f1/Eagle_Project_Plan_Checklist.pdf
National Eagle Scouts Association
http://www.nesa.org/
History of Eagle
http://scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0211/d-wwas.html
Evolution of Eagle Rank Requirements
http://www.troop97.net/bsaeagle.htm
Boys’ Teen Brain
http://journeytomanhood.blogspot.com/2008/08/that-frustrating-teen-brain.html
Man-Making
http://journeytomanhood.blogspot.com/
MIT Young Adult Development Project—Teen Brain
http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/youngadult/brain.html#adolescence
BSA Official Eagle Scout Fact Sheet
http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/EagleScouts.aspx
BSA Official Requirements Book
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Boy_Scout_Requirements
BSA Official Guide to Advancement—Eagle Rank
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/guidetoadvancement/eaglescoutrank.aspx
BSA Official Guide to Advancement—Boards of Review
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/GuideToAdvancement/BoardsofReview.aspx
BSA Official Guide—Advancement Resources
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards/resources.aspx
BSA Official Guide—Advancement and Awards
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/AdvancementandAwards.aspx
US Scouts Guide—Eagle Requirements
http://www.usscouts.org/advance/boyscout/bsrank7.asp
MeritBadge.org Requirements for Eagle
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Eagle_Scout_Rank
Merit Badge Worksheets
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Merit_Badge_Worksheets
Eagle Project Ideas
http://www.scoutorama.com/project/
Eagle Project Checklist
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/images/f/f1/Eagle_Project_Plan_Checklist.pdf
National Eagle Scouts Association
http://www.nesa.org/
History of Eagle
http://scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0211/d-wwas.html
Evolution of Eagle Rank Requirements
http://www.troop97.net/bsaeagle.htm
Boys’ Teen Brain
http://journeytomanhood.blogspot.com/2008/08/that-frustrating-teen-brain.html
Man-Making
http://journeytomanhood.blogspot.com/
MIT Young Adult Development Project—Teen Brain
http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/youngadult/brain.html#adolescence