Hello Parents and Scouts!
For those scouts that participated in the Citizenship in Society Merit Badge class in August, we have scheduled Sept 22, 2022 at 6:30 as a class before scouts to have everyone finish the last 3 requirements.
Mr. & Mrs. Nevelos will be available during the class to finish up any group discussions. We hope that everyone will attend and finish up. I would love to award these merit badges at the Court of Honor on Sept 29th.
I will be unable to attend the earlier meeting as our lone senior scout has senior pictures this evening (!), but I will head to the meeting as soon as I can get there. We will document the finished requirements and get them over to Mr. Miller to sign off and complete the merit badge. Any questions, please let me know!
Thanks everyone for your support! I’m proud of these scouts for tackling this merit badge as the topics aren’t always easy to talk about.
Ms. Bradshaw
The remaining requirements are #6, 8 & 9.
Requirement 6:
- With your parent’s or guardian’s approval, connect with another Scout or youth your own age who has an identity that’s different from yours. (This means a trait, belief, or characteristic different from you.)
(a) Share with each other what makes the different aspect of your identity meaningful/special to you
(b) Share with each other either one of the following:
(i) A time you felt excluded from a group.
• What was the situation?
• How did it make you feel?
• What did you do?
• Did anyone stand up for you?
• What did you learn?
• Would you do anything differently today?
(ii) This imaginary situation:
• You’re attending a new school and don’t know anyone there yet. You notice they dress very differently than you do. At lunchtime, you decide you’ll try to sit with a group to get to know other students. People at two tables tell you there is someone sitting at the currently empty seat at their table, so you end up eating by yourself.
– How would that make you feel?
– What could the students have done?
– If that happened at your school, what would you do? c. Discuss with your counselor what you learned from the discussion with the other Scout or youth.
Requirement 8:
- With the help of your parent or guardian, study an event that had a positive outcome on how society viewed a group of people and made them feel more welcome. Describe to your counselor the event and what you learned.
Requirement 9:
- Document and discuss with your counselor three or more areas in your life outside of Scouting where you feel you can actively provide stronger leadership in.
(a) Making others feel included.
(b) Practicing active listening.
(c) Creating an environment where others feel comfortable to share their ideas and perspectives.
(d) Helping others feel valued for their input and suggestions.
(e) Standing up for others.
