Cub Scouts

On Friday evening, my family and I went to an Open House and Recruitment Night for Cub Scouts nearby our home. We thought it would be a good start for Dylan and Ryan by participating the new activity.

At first, it excited David because he used to be in Cub/Boy Scouts when he was a young boy. He wanted to share the same experiences with the boys. There were many young boys from age six to ten years old wearing the Uniform. Only few of the newcomers did not have a uniform. Our boys were one of them. We only wanted to see if they like to participate the club.

The volunteer leader was supposed to start giving the presentation out at 7 P.M. He instead started a forty-five minutes later. The presentation last for forty five minutes. It turned out that Dylan and Ryan were NOT the only boys were restless. In my personal opinion, I felt that the volunteer leader should take several breaks by doing activities and breaks since young kids have short span attention. What is your opinion ?

The 10 purposes of Cub Scouting are:

1. Character Development- it depends on the leader's discipline to the scout.
   
2. Spiritual Growth- I image they would.
   
3. Good Citizenship- kids were bullies and rowdy.
   
4. Sportsmanship and Fitness- I could see lots of physical activties
   
5. Family Understanding-- found it odd that it does not fit due to long presentation
   
6. Respectful Relationships-saw one of the boys shoved Ryan out of the seat.
   
7. Personal Achievement- it depends on the patience.
   
8. Friendly Service- I would say, "Yes, because they accepted Ryan as a mild disability."
   
9. Fun and Adventure- the basic games did provide after the LONG presentation.
   
10. Preparation for Boy Scouts- for this evening, I didn't think it was excellent preparation.
    

Finally, the presentation ended and let the boys began their basic activities at 8:30 P.M. The activities were: learning to set up the camp, throwing the plastic balls in target holes, creating the knots. Dylan and Ryan only wanted to learn to throw the balls in holes and setting up a mini tent. They were not interested in doing other activities. I believe it was due to that they were exhausted after a long day.

Both Dylan and Ryan tried their best sportsmanship by participating the activities and being nice to others. Bummer, both did not get the balls in their holes. But at least, they tried. After attempting their first activities, they went to try out setting up the mini tent. Dylan was very anxious to beat the time. That was hard for a left hand person! However, Ryan took his time and had the BEST time of all ! We laughed because it was wise not to feel the pressure.

Next Friday, we will go out for another Cub Scouts nearby our home. Let's hope the different leader is more preparation than we visited last Friday.