Re: BLINDFOLDS

Stephen Rainsbury wrote:

>John Russell wrote:
>
>> I am so gobsmacked that you can say such a thing that I must be misreading
>> you! Isn't the whole point of Scouting, the single grand idea behind the
>> concept, that when kids buy into the game they are more ready to buy into
>> the message? And it works, it is a brilliant teaching medium! Of course,
>> you do actually have to have a message.
>
>I agree that we should teach it but I am not convinced that all 10 year
>olds will get the point with this method. I think that they will see it
>as "If I follow the rules then I lose, therefore follwoing the rules is
>bad"

Do you mean to say, Stephen, that some of the little tykes have not yet
learnt what we have not yet taught them? Gosh!

--
John Russell
CSL 1st Pinhoe Exeter Devon
http://www.pinhoescouts.org.uk/cubs/
Cubs don't care how much you know, but they need to know how much you care.
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