Re: [Philmont]: 22 year old advisors

Philmont Staffers are very heavily trained before the first trekkers
show up - certainly not the case with most young Advisors - and with
every passing day even the first time staffers become more and more
experienced. The experience level of a second or third year staffer is
usually considerably greater (albeit more narrow in scope) than most of
the Advisors he/she will ever meet, regardless of age, but esp. the
youngest Advisors.

I have met very few Philmont staffers over my 11 treks who I felt did
not deserve my respect. And the few that didn't were probably just
having a bad day or a bad week. That statement certainly doesn't
extrapolate to the Advisor Corps, however. Though I will concede that
most of the truly horrid Advisors I have been unfortunate enough to
cross paths with over the years were in the 45 - 55 year old range.

- Dr. Bob

Henry Buruel wrote:
> A little late, but just a thought... I do understand the desire and
> need to have older advisors. However, no one else mentioned this, so I
> thought I would. Think about the age of most rangers, camp directors,
> and program counselors at Philmont. Most of them are in the early 20s.
> Although there may be plenty of immature staff members, I would be
> willing to bet that everyone on a trek has met at least one staff member
> that they respect.
> Just food for thought...
> -Nancy Coleman Stickelman
> 1997-2003, BC
>
>

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Received on Sun Sep 11 06:30:07 2005