{"id":2691,"date":"2020-12-01T10:28:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2020-12-01T10:28:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:28:44","slug":"issue-658-december-1-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/2020\/12\/issue-658-december-1-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 658 \u2013 December 1, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have a question? Facing a dilemma? Wondering where to find a BSA policy or guideline? Just drop a line to me at askandybsa@yahoo.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

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THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE! A surgery to repair a severely injured right shoulder rotator cuff three months ago put my right arm in a sling 24\/7. Despite physical therapy, I haven\u2019t been able to write well or use a keyboard accurately until about a week ago (and I still have at least three more months of PT!) So here we go\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

We Scouting volunteers know how much this marvelous movement helps youth cope with and often master the rigors and intricacies life as they move toward adulthood. Scouting helps our daughters and sons gain the strengths and insights needed to become strong, contributing citizens, in ways that only Scouting can!<\/p>\n

Nobel Prize awardee James Heckman stated in his paper presented to the National Academy of Sciences that CONSCIENTIOUSNESS is the fountainhead of a successful life.<\/p>\n

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS, Heckman says, is the result of PERSERVERENCE, GOOD STUDY HABITS, and The ABILITY to COLLABORATE.<\/p>\n

These three attributes–perseverence, good study habits, and the ability to collaborate–are essential to a successful school experience through 12th grade, and even more so beyond high school.<\/p>\n

But none of these three critical attributes is actually \u201ctaught\u201d in school!<\/p>\n

They\u2019re not taught in the classroom, which is otherwise \u201crun\u201d by the teacher from a position of dominance in the classroom. So they need to be acquired somewhere else. Where? In extracurricular and varsity sports, where the starters and bench-warmers are all directed by their coaches, who can keep and cut players at will? In band, orchestra, or choral, where the music director is similarly in charge? Nope\u2014these won\u2019t do. How about parents? Yes, they can encourage, but that\u2019s really about it.<\/p>\n

As a parent, I learned the hard way that \u201cspeechifying\u201d rarely if ever works. It\u2019s like that famous Gary Larson \u201cFar Side\u201d two-panel cartoon that shows a man and his dog, Ginger, curbside on a busy street\u2026<\/p>\n

In the first panel, the man is speaking: \u201cNow, Ginger, always stop when I stop. Don\u2019t ever go into the street, Ginger. Stay safe, Ginger, by staying next to me when we walk.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the second panel, Ginger is hearing the following: \u201cBlah, blah, blah, Ginger, blah, blah, blah.\u00a0 Blah, blah, blah, Ginger, blah blah blah\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Sound somehow familiar?<\/p>\n

So where do our sons and daughters acquire these important attributes? Let\u2019s check out this scenario\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re almost done, Scouts!\u201d says their Patrol Leader. \u201cIt\u2019s been a tough job, building this bridge over the stream, but we\u2019re almost there, thanks to you Scouts using the Buddy System to find the right logs, cut and saw as needed, and assemble all the pieces just right! La Rhonda and Erica, thanks for doing the research on how to build a log bridge with handrails and sketching it out\u2014we couldn\u2019t have done this without you two!\u201d<\/p>\n

And this one…<\/p>\n

Well, Scout, you’ve just completed your board of review for Star rank, and I’d like to be the first to shake your hand (or bump fists). You had a pretty steep trail in front of you, and you stuck with it till your reached the first major step on your way to Eagle rank. You can be proud of your accomplishments and we all hope you’ll use what you’ve learned to help other Scouts along the way. And if you ever get stuck, I want you to know that, in addition to your Patrol Leader, Senior Patrol Leader, and Scoutmaster, any one of us here in this room would be happy to help you get un-stuck, anytime!<\/p>\n

Nuff sed? I think so.<\/p>\n

Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay positive!<\/strong><\/span>
\nHappy Scouting!<\/strong><\/span>
\nAndy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When you write to me, please include your name and council. If you\u2019d rather be anonymous\u2014if published\u2014just say so and that\u2019s what I\u2019ll do. Also, although these columns are copyrighted, you have my okay to quote or reproduce any column or part, so long as it\u2019s attributed: \u201cAsk Andy\u201d by Andy McCommish.<\/em><\/p>\n

[No. 658 \u2013 12\/1\/2020 \u2013 Copyright \u00a9 2020 Andy McCommish]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have a question? Facing a dilemma? Wondering where to find a BSA policy or guideline? Just drop a line to me at askandybsa@yahoo.com. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE! A surgery to repair a severely injured right shoulder rotator cuff three months ago put my right arm in a sling 24\/7. Despite physical therapy, I haven\u2019t been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2694,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691\/revisions\/2694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/netcommissioner.com\/askandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}