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How To Recruit Boy Scouts

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Young men, from ages 11 to 18, in the Boy Scouts of America have the option to experience a trip called Klondike. On this trip, various teams from each troop compete with their fellow scouts with their mental abilities in a competitions of speed and skill. Every team must run with dog sleds pulled by scouts, going to as many stations as possible to earn points on what they can do to survive in certain scenarios with the skills and supplies they have in their sleds. The team with the most points and as the quickest time wins the competition. These experiences prepare these young men for future occupations and possible survival situations. Without these experiences and knowledge one learns, many would be lost in these situations. Every young man should be required to join Boy Scouts to learn the proper skills and mindsets required to withstand the conditions of life and in survival situations. …show more content…

Boy Scouts requires merit badges that will help a young man think properly and effectively in harsh and risky situations. Twenty one merit badges are needed but thirteen are required by The Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts lets young men go on camping trips in the wild and do things they are unable to do at home.“He fed the young flame with pieces of dry grass and with the smallest dry sticks”(London) . Young men can not make a fire at home or at school where Boy Scouts gives young men this chance. In troop meetings young men do first aid scenarios, that teaches one to think quickly and efficiently. “He would have to build a fire and dry his moccasins and socks. This was most important at that low temperature.” This shows the man's ability to think under harsh

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