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Mike Mitchell earned his Eagle Scout rank in 1997 and spent most of his adult life working for Boy Scouts of America. He says the scouts helped shape who he is today.
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"I believe I'd still be a good guy, but probably not as well rounded as I am today. I defintely owe a lot to scouting." says Mitchell.
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"It's definitely a sign of the times...you look in there and there are things like map and compass that has always been big with the scouts...land navigation and now we're getting interest in GPS devices." Mitchell continues.
The scouts also update merit badges every year.
"Composite study, nuclear science...of course, they replace stuff like beekeeping, book binding...things that we dont...maybe not that we don't have a need for it but we don't do a lot of it."
But there is a lot of information in the handbook that will never change.
"95% of everything that is in there 30 years ago, 40 years ago...probably 90% of it is still the same."
"Next year, we've been around 100 years, pretty much the values and the mission statement are still the same."
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The beekeeping merit badge was dropped in 1995. I made Eagle in 1987 and didnt earn it due to not having any access to a beekeeper. Now as my son gets into scouting I really wish BSA would offer some incentive to learn apiculture in an award. Its nice to evolve but some things should remain in place to give a well rounded experience not achievable anywhere else in todays culture.
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