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Originally Posted by Tanis
The problem that I have with this is that camps usually don't run merit badges quite the way I would like/expect, and most camps probably wouldn't have the equipment necessary for some requirements.
The latter is fine because they can just have pre/post requirements for those taking the badge.
However, at camp, most merit badges (in my experience) are mostly you show up, you get the badge. Only at summer camp do I see a bunch of 14 year olds earning the Nuclear Science merit badge. Unsurprisingly, none of them actually learned much about nuclear science, other than that you can model a nuclear reactor with brownies, ice cream, twizzlers, and pretzels.
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I have to agree with all of this, it seems like many camps are turning into merit badge factories. I would like to continue this conversation but I would like to ask that we stay focused on the robotics merit badge and not about camp systems performing their merit badge sessions.
And you are right, they show up to the class, don't learn much about the actual subject, then leave with only demonstrations of candy on their mind. And because of that, I am afraid of the Robotics Merit Badge being poorly demonstrated at camps.