Integrating a boy to today's society, requires, and has always required a system that teaches him to be a subordinate and, in due course, to be able to lead. No present school or discipline instills these principles and even less takes them to practice as in the case of the Patrol System. On the contrary, we consider that nowadays, the new approach implemented in world scouting where the stage of the troop is divided into two phases definitely breaks this schema.

There's a lack of leaders, leaders that are not necessarily the best on their filed. A big mistake companies and institutions of all kinds make is to promote the most "intelligent" people to managing posts. No bachelor, masters or doctorate degrees develop leaders. If the individual turns out to have a natural "gift" he will be a good boss or a good manager, but if this is not the case, there are many examples that illustrate the fact that the most "intelligent" people are not always the best leaders.

Baden Powell said that the boys do scouting, the responsibility is given to them and they are the ones that take the fundamental decisions. In this case the organizational pyramid is inverted. The adult must move aside and allow the child or youngster to learn from his own mistakes. The tenderfoot will learn to subordinate and at the same time he will be in charge of certain duties, little by little the idea of leading and responsibility thread within this education. As far as the patrol leader is concerned he gives responsibility, coordinates the exchange of ideas and distributes the tasks, he may err, but the value of this experience enriches him, gives him self-confidence and offers him the chance to get to know people like him.

Likewise, outdoors life with his brother scouts constitutes a frame of experimentation difficult to be emulated. Ravines are passed and rivers are crossed and each of these activities implies constant decision-making. The knowledge has been acquired, but sometimes the skill will not surpass the determination and the strength of taking a decision that may cost an additional night walk or an accident where the life of someone may be at risk. Therefore, at an early age the boy is exposed to dangers where comradeship, extreme physical stamina, cooking and first aid knowledge, the use of a compass and maps, the right way to tie a knot or to tighten a lashing make him self-sufficient within a strange, sometimes even hostile environment. The youngster's character is strengthened from this communion with nature and from the opportunity of being able to take decisions. He gets used to analyze, get feedback from the others and finally determine the next step, but even more important, he develops the "nose" of the leader, a sixth sense that in the most critical moments of his life will show him the path to be followed.

Those who have had the chance of being leaders through this system know the method to form new leaders. The real leader will create aggressive but humble men, sincere and helpful; thrustworthy and scouts that will always dignify the principles learned and will pass them over to others through the example.