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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The advice from 12:51 is excellent.

I would also encourage him to do some informational interviewing if you have any friends or family who work for similar organizations. Doesn't need to be the same organizations he is targeting, in fact t's better if they are not. Find out why they might be enthusiastic or unenthusiastic about a project and how best to present himself.[/quote]

I'm 12:51 and informational interviewing is a brilliant idea. We have our Girl Scouts do something similar starting at a young age- maybe 5th or 6th grade- if they want to go through the awards progression. It's one thing to have an idea in your head, but another to have to explain it to someone else.

It will be hard to get your kid out of the mindset of "this is a thing I have to check off so I can be called an Eagle Scout" and into the mindset of "this project will help me build skills that will serve me well through college and my adult life", but keep an eye on that as the ultimate goal. It takes a lot of maturity and it's ok if the project and award doesn't happen. That in itself will be its own lesson and regret about how he might have done it differently could provide just as much of a learning experience.[/quote]

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