Direction in Scouting

Scouter Lai came to FJ today and had a session with. Always enlighten me and pull up my spirit.

He was telling me about the direction in scouting that we had often forgotten. Now what was the direction about? To look at this carefully, we will need to know what is the difference between other CCA and Scouts.

We had the patrol that consists of different levels and ages and races. Look around and you realise that it is a unique setting...A setting for interaction and communication in a less regimented structure, in hope that there is this bond that will be built and everlasting and that is the direction I will claim is one of the important directions in scouting.

When I look at Venture KY and Rover W, I ask myself why of all these troublesome and never pleasing works, they choose to stay in scouting. Especially Rover W and the number of things he has to commit:

1. Attending classes

2. IT rep for foxscouts (mind you not only FJ)

3. OPs Rover in FJ

4. Playing active role (in the committee) in all major events

5. Coming down specially to give tests so some scouts can pass the test

Now consider this, are we even saying "thank you" to him that often? Are we respecting him in all these stuffs... all these stuffs even they are at backstage when nobody really notice?

Instead I see that many scouts are taking advantages...calling him whenever they like...not being at the very least of courteous when seeing him at any place, behaving in a sub-par manner.

Of course it especially saddened me that my APL actually "gave him face" and keep on harping on the issues that the seniors are not doing anything, are not taking care of anything. More so it saddened me when I thought the APL should have at least the sensibilty to understand that the best person that we are able to change is ourselves, for the better and not to commit the same mistakes that the seniors have committed. More so when individually, the APL has achieved so much.

Just for thoughts:

1. Why do we place brotherhood higher than individual's need in scouting?

2. Have we ever show gratitude to people's kindness of assisting us in achieving our goals?

3. Do we want people to treat us like how we treated others?


YK