I'm havving fun!
This year I didn't even bother to mention the possibility of writing to me. But I wish I had. He was nervous going to camp this year because he was just given responsibility as a patrol leader, replacing a boy who either stepped down from leadership or was pushed down. The former leader remains in the patrol. I wonder how that is working out.
Last night I had one of those too-late brain flashes: I should have sent him with a survey to complete and mail back to me! No writing, just fill in the bubble. And it could count as schooltime: standardized test practice!
Maybe I'll do this next year. Here's what I've got so far:
I am
0 having a great time
0 having an OK time
0 having a terrible time
0 can't wait to get home
0 am quitting Scouts forever
My patrol
0 is doing great
0 is cooperating with me
0 ignores me
0 hides from me
0 hates me
0 dumps pond water on me while I sleep*
The other patrol leaders
0 accepted me as one of them
0 mock me
0 despise me
0 collect the pond water for my patrol to dump on me while I sleep
In the firestarting contest we
0 won first place
0 won 2nd place
0 came in dead last
0 couldn't get a fire started at all
0 did not collect any wood because my patrol hid from me
In the sports tournament we
0 won some events
0 won one event
0 won zero events
0 did not do any events because my patrol hid from me
*credit to the seminarian for this one.
I think this could work. It's easily adaptable year to year. And surely there are other Scouts who don't like to write home - I bet I could market this thing.
What would your survey say?
Last night I had one of those too-late brain flashes: I should have sent him with a survey to complete and mail back to me! No writing, just fill in the bubble. And it could count as schooltime: standardized test practice!
Maybe I'll do this next year. Here's what I've got so far:
I am
0 having a great time
0 having an OK time
0 having a terrible time
0 can't wait to get home
0 am quitting Scouts forever
My patrol
0 is doing great
0 is cooperating with me
0 ignores me
0 hides from me
0 hates me
0 dumps pond water on me while I sleep*
The other patrol leaders
0 accepted me as one of them
0 mock me
0 despise me
0 collect the pond water for my patrol to dump on me while I sleep
In the firestarting contest we
0 won first place
0 won 2nd place
0 came in dead last
0 couldn't get a fire started at all
0 did not collect any wood because my patrol hid from me
In the sports tournament we
0 won some events
0 won one event
0 won zero events
0 did not do any events because my patrol hid from me
*credit to the seminarian for this one.
I think this could work. It's easily adaptable year to year. And surely there are other Scouts who don't like to write home - I bet I could market this thing.
What would your survey say?
3 comments:
I love it! So funny. I wonder if moms could send those along to basic training.
Love it! You could probably sell those to other moms-of-boys-at-camp!
This is a great idea! A friend did this recently...her family made a survey for their oldest brother who just went to westpoint (beast barracks or something like that similar to boot camp). It is a great idea and they got theirs back with answers.
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