Baby horses, or foals, walk within hours of birth. Baby whales, or calves, swim shortly after birth – a must because the first thing they have to do is surface to breathe. Yet here we are as humans sometimes taking over a year to learn how to walk. An article from Scientific American said that this is because we are born with such a large brain, and it takes it a while to mature. Mature it does, gaining the ability not just to walk, but to do other things like build machines to fly to the moon. Powered with the ability to employ and understand speech and writing, the human brain can process endless amounts of information, with much of it handed down from generation to generation in lessons, lectures, instruction, and books. To that end, as Scouts we have a solemn obligation to pass our Scout Skills to new generations of Scouts. This coming campout begins a learning journey for some, as well as a way for others to pay back the efforts of those who came before them who taught them the same skills. Train one another well, for your lessons could save a life, or at the very least enhance the life of the learner.
A Scout is Kind.