The Telegraph yesterday carried the news that little Ben Spratling of Norwich has become the first Cub to be awarded all 33 badges.Normally at this point of course I'd be cynical and snide and think "Well, they're not the propert Cubs badges are they? They're all for silly made-up modern things like computing and PR." I, after all, never got anywhere near as many.
But given that it's Christmas, and given that he seems like a nice lad, I can only say congratulations and well done. For all its faults, Scouting is clearly still something that can give boys pride in who they are and what they are (and not in what they are nor), and at the end of the day that's what really matters.
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