The Ten Essentials of Scoutmastership penned by William 'Green Bar' Hillcourt were part of the Scoutmaster's Handbook for many years.
The adolescent world is uncertain, unpredictable and capricious. Shifting loyalties are the order of the day. Boys do not need novelty and entertainment, they crave the steadfast, purposeful, and predictable whether they know it or not. An active, engaging program of challenge and discovery will always attract them.
Past a certain age they are restricted from expressing unfettered excitement by some unwritten code of conduct lest they be considered too eager by their peers. A good-humored Scoutmaster perseveres in the knowledge that their sometimes lukewarm reaction is often just a pose, just a way of guarding themselves from unknown failures.
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