CNWman said:
Nice going!:thumb: I can probably say you have the Railroading Merit badge, no?
i have the book for it, but i never called anyone. I'm going to progress to life scout in about 2 weeks when the board of reviews take place, and i'm am agonizingly close to the deadlines for aging out ( i turn 18 december of this year). I still have 5 eagle required to go, and i have to get started on my eagle project.
since there is a 6 month period that i need to be in a leadership position, i'll only reach eagle at October at the earliest. Personally, i think i can accomplish more than one merit badge at a time. they aren't that difficult, just time consuming.
I have all other merit badges i need except these-
- Personal managment
- Family Life
- Personal Fitness
- Enviormental science
- Citizenship in the community, i have a partial on this one. all i need to do is volunteer 8 hours. that has been tough, since i can't find anywhere near here that is non profit non scouts. the few people i have talked to, things don't work out. I also need to find a new counselor for it.
Personal fitness looks to be the hardest right now, because i'd have to exercise everyday for a few months, and i'm way to lazy for that, lol. I have stuff in my basement though, so i can if i want to.
I'm working on enviormental science now, so i just need to do the experiments and type up most of my findings and in general explain the requirments to the counselor. I'm sure i'll knock that one out by the end of april.
tommorow i will call my old scout master about Personal Fitness and Family life, because he does both of those badges, and i think you can do 2 merit badges with one counselor ( but no more apperently)
i know someone who does personal management, and i've been keeping track of my game and train spending, so i have the 3 months of finnancial records covered.
right now finding an adequate eagle project is the tough part. I've been thinking of helping to restore a local railroad museum's equipment, and i suppose that counts as preserving history and there fore helping the community, but some have expressed doubts that this is really what they are looking for. I plan to conact the museum as soon as i get life.
If anyone here can help me go in thge right direction, i'd appreciate it. I know i am really cutting things close, and i think i need all the help i can get if i want to become eagle
boy scouts is one of the few things that stresses me enough to keep me awake at night. its something i want to complete, but i was dumb when i was younger and didn't work on it that much. now that i'm short on time i'm scrambling.
