The Toughest and Easiest Merit Badges to Achieve

This time on commissioners weekly we discuss how merit badges are a critical part of rank advancement. Scout leaders need to be aware that there are difficult merit badges that need additional mentoring. There are also lots of merit badges that can be considered easy although there is always the exception. Merit badges are a critical part of the scouting experience.

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🌐 Easiest Merit Badges to do around the home: https://www.scouting.org/merit-badge-...
🌐 2022 Merit Badge Rankings: https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/202...
🌐 Definition of Merit Badge; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit_b...)
📄 Guide to Advancement PDF: https://filestore.scouting.org/filest...
🎬 Centennial Merit Badges:    • Discover the 2010 Centennial Merit Ba...   or    • Discover the 2010 Centennial Merit Ba...  
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🎬 Merit Badge Counselor:    • Merit Badge Counselor  
🎬 The Blue Card Process:    • The Blue Card Process or Merit Badges...  
🥇 Channel Members Video:    • The Toughest and Easiest Merit Badges...  
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📊 Poll (5/1/24): What do you think is the easiest Merit Badge to earn?
10% Chess
5% Art
81% Fingerprinting
4% Photography

⏱ Time Stamp & Video Jump List:
0:00 The Purpose of Merit Badges
2:29 Merit Badge Counselor
4:15 The Most Common Merit Badge
6:17 The Rarest Merit Badges
7:50 The Easiest Merit Badges
10:43 Thank You
11:46 The Toughest Merit Badge
12:23 What Makes a Merit Badge Difficult or Easy
16:30 Merit Badge Palms
18:02 Helping Scouts with Merit Badges

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