{"id":322,"date":"2008-08-26T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T14:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2008-08-26T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T14:38:00","slug":"a-different-way-to-view-the-bsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=322","title":{"rendered":"A Different Way To View The BSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/melrosetroop68.org\/uploaded_images\/BSA2010-775952.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/melrosetroop68.org\/uploaded_images\/BSA2010-775952.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I belong to several internet groups and forums that deal with Scouting topics. Once in a while I someone posts something that is a true gem. Recently, CrewMomma posted a article on the Scouter.com forums that I thought was awesome, and I want to share it with you:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;\"  ><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A different way to view the BSA\u2026  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>We still deliver the character traits found in the  Scout Oath and Law.  With those values in mind, today we are very  much a part of workforce development!  Employers tell me that they always need kids  with a good education. But, what they would  really like is people who come to work on time,  don\u2019t lie, and don\u2019t steal from the company and  who will give a full day\u2019s work for a full day\u2019s pay. Those are character issues, not educational  issues.<\/p>\n<p>People are seldom fired over reading, writing,  and arithmetic\u2026 educational issues. People get fired over  character issues\u2026 trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous,  kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.  Your education is what gets you the interview. Your education is  what is required to get the job you want. However, it is your  character by which you keep that job.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get personal\u2026  Families don\u2019t break up over educational issues.  Relationships break up over character issues\u2026  trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind,\u2026  etc.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026 is character important?  Tell me how football, baseball, and soccer will help a  person keep his job. Tell me how sports reinforce traits  that contribute to a successful marriage, business, or  employment relationship.  Scouting reinforces traits that are fundamental to being  a successful parent, employee, employer, citizen, or partner in any  relationship.<\/p>\n<p>by John Thurston, retired Scout Executive from  Corpus Christi, Texas<br \/>.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Subscribe to &#8220;A Scoutmaster&#8217;s Blog&#8221; at<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/28330606\/posts\/default<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I belong to several internet groups and forums that deal with Scouting topics. Once in a while I someone posts something that is a true gem. Recently, CrewMomma posted a article on the Scouter.com forums that I thought was awesome, and I want to share it with you: A different way to view the BSA\u2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership","category-scout-law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}