Dear Scouts,
Hope that this blog post finds you well. By that I mean mugging hard and on your way to scoring that string of As for your report book. But by no means should you become a depressed stressed-out boy and ignore everything else in life. So despite being hard at work, remember to find time to relax and destress.
On the other hand, I am not encouraging you to fail your exams. It's true that Baden-Powell was not known to be an exemplary student in Charterhouse: in fact, he developed his outdoors skills by sneaking out to the hills and forests out of school. However, he was always an avid learner from the "school of life" and benefitted a great deal from it. Scouting is a lot about moral character building (e.g.: responsibility, self-discipline, integrity, etc...), but it is also getting about the obstacles we face with some intelligence: initiative, quick adaptive thinking and strategizing your actions are key skills you learn in Scout activities like backwoodsman cooking as well.
To take a leaf from this story, studying hard is good, but studying smart is better!
Know that the leaders are all eager supporters for you guys to do well.
Yours-in-Scouting,
Staunch Owl
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