Over the weekend, R finally got to the mythical Red Cross first aid class he needed. This class became the bottleneck to everything for him in scouting, it seemed. The class would earn him First Aid merit badge, finish his first class rank advancement, and finish off a minimum of one (and maybe as many as three) other merit badges he has in a partial status.
Ostensibly, this class is held each month at the Red Cross. The Red Cross has cancelled each class since October, 2009. So we’ve only been waiting five months to make this happen.
All we can say is “whew!”
Perhaps – speaking entirely as a parent – this breakthrough will motivate R to wrap up the stragglers in three other partial merit badges. Assuming he does, he could roll into his third summer camp looking like this:
- First Class rank
- 13 merit badges
- 2-4 Eagle required merit badges
- Two troop leadership positions
Oh, and he’s still twelve. He still has five and a half years left in his Boy Scout career. Shoot. He’s only now hitting his stride!
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