[Philmont] Some Kindred PhilThoughts

Roy, your post is great.

 I look at "teaching the tricks of the trade"
also in this way. The more you teach different ways to get something
worthwhile done the better you help a boy "Be Prepared". You - really
- help a boy if he carries this understanding - that there is more
than one way to get something worthwhile done - throughout his life.

So to me it isn't necessarily about teaching the easiest way but that
there are choices. Some choices work better than others.

That's part of why cooking is a great part of the program. There are
an enormous number of ways to cook and many great cooking heritages to
enjoy. Many lead to a great, tasty and flavorful result.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com

On 10/16/07, Roy Fisher <rfisher003@satx.rr.com> wrote:
> Both Mark and John make some valid points about letting the experience come
> with experience vs. teaching all the tricks of the trade.
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> Let me just say that there has probably been very few posts on this list
> that covered something that you couldn't learn at the ranch - eventually.
> And as I tell our crews regarding the training activities; you can learn to
> drive by getting in a car and going out on the freeway too. But there is a
> lot of benefit in learning from the mistakes of others and being able to
> enjoy 'the other things' that Philmont has to offer too.
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> I guess the fine line that a lot of us walk is how much do we want to let
> the crews 'experience' and how much do we want to share. I think that is
> one of the great benefits of this list, Coop's Advisor's Guide, etc. The
> experience is there, share or not based on your crew.
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> Happy Trails
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> Roy Fisher
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Received on Tue Oct 16 18:58:28 2007