Just finished the first weekend of Wood Badge. Whew!

I don’t feel that way. I commented but then quickly deleted my post. I have very mixed emotions about my WB course.

I learned a lot of very useful business psychology that I will use at both work and scouts.

But I’m really upset inside right now about the hours, sleep deprivation, running all over the place, the hyper focus on formalities and pomp.

I feel like I got hazed. I haven’t felt this way since my fraternity pledge days and I’m not happy about it. The frat days left me soured on the guys who were key in riding pledges hard. And I feel that way about the non-educational aspects of the course.

Leaving sad and angry cannot be the intended outcome here. Angry - borderline furious about some stuff. I’m not happy right now.

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