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Setting Goals and Keeping Track
As a boy begins in Boy Scouts, he quickly learns that responsibility for his advancement now rests on his shoulders. His parents and troop leaders are there to help, but he must learn how to set and achieve his own goals if he expects to advance and earn merit badges.
The Boy Scout program offers each boy the opportunity to set and work toward both short-term and long-term goals. The rank of Eagle is the final goal, but there are dozens of requirements and experiences that must be completed before a scout earns Eagle. Scouts should be encouraged to focus on the shorter-term goals that will eventually get them to Eagle — completing rank advancement, earning merit badges, and fulfilling leadership roles.
A challenge many adults and scouts find is that the boy is responsible for his own advancement. This means he has the responsibility of getting it signed off. Many boys will complete requirements but forget to get the check off.
A scout should advance at the pace that is best for him — this should not be a pace set too fast by his parents, or too slow by scout leaders.
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