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What it takes to be an Eagle Scout

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    New book gives account of the Boy Scouts

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Thank you very much a major milestone for the Boy -- the eagle scout award the highest boy scout honor.

Racially marking its 100 anniversary joining -- have the author of Michael Malone -- eagle -- himself.

-- -- look back at some of the history is brand new book called 4%.

-- joins us now.

Live from -- out to California we've got -- Michael 4% essentially means 4% of -- Boy Scouts become eagle scouts.

Yeah there's -- about a 15815.

Million Boy Scouts over the last century and about 4% of them.

Just about two million have become eagle -- just so it's a rare elevation you need watch what he -- merit badges to get there.

Yes a lot of hard work -- -- merit badges.

Leadership.

For about six months in your boy scout troop and most of all the eagle scout service project which can run into the thousands of hours from -- in researching the book would you -- happens after you're done with scouting when you get into the real world.

To lot of these eagle scouts.

They change America.

That was the real eye opener writing this book.

As you begin to look at that last century of eagle scouts and what those two million scouts did they end up being.

Most of the shuttle astronauts -- United States president Gerald Ford.

Numerous congressmen and -- Senators presidents of universities.

Academy Award winners lots of medal of honor winner award he's -- me it's just an amazing.

Collection of people.

And they've really changed American life and a few surprises and their tea at right indeed his price you did the research was eagle scout.

What are you learning as an eagle scout that you think -- help people in life and in their career.

What's been called a Ph.D.

a boyhood and I think that's pretty accurate there's really nothing else.

In the experience of other teenage boy that matches what's becoming an eagle represents.

Ultimately you end up learning management skills career development all -- merit badges and I think this stereotype.

Is so little little eleven year old boy in short pants you know walk in the old lady across the street.

But these seventeen year old Eagles.

They're usually managing fifty or sixty other scouts.

They're working on a project that transforms their community coming every community in America you see in the paper.

Some scout has done something really important.

In terms of service.

And then ultimately.

Most people that we must always become eagle scouts discover what their lifelong career as.

Working on America -- -- -- -- chance this this hits yet this gets very.

This is a very surprising fact but it.

Something like a third of bald eagle scouts at some point -- save a life.

While through their first aid training yet and that some of these you lived and that -- research since a new book 4%.

A century of eagle scouts Michael -- thanks so much for getting up.

Thank you both.

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