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I honestly didn't get all that far. I technically made it to First Class, but I never got my patch. Or my merit badges. We never had the ceremony.
Our troop kinda disbanded after it was learned our scoutmaster "scandalously" (read: we didn't give a shit, but the adults at the rec center we were at did) had been using our troop funds as a personal payday loan... he would pay it back whenever he did this, but it was the fact that he was doing it to begin with got him fired and banned from the building.
So then, the new replacement leadership that stepped in suddenly told us we "weren't ready" for any sort of campouts or events that we were already enrolled in and that were already paid for- as in, the embezlement was a non-issue, but the new guy just didn't want to be bothered taking us. Hell, a couple of the campouts were FREE, pre-planed on OUR part, and we already had built the damn site OUT BACK where we held our own campouts. All the new SM had to do was supervise, and he didn't even want to do that. So, we just kinda gave a collective "fuck you", and attendance dropped substantially over the next few weeks. The troop folded about a month after that.
Doubt I would have made it anywhere near Eagle Scout, though. That was just too much "schoolwork" outside of school than I was ready to commit to.
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