Knowing that nothing is guaranteed, my participation in the Boy Scouts has served as a foundation to allow me to expand my knowledge in other fields of study in case my expected career path does not go as planned.
After my project was approved, I constructed a google drive sign-up sheet for the cross-country team for their availability as well as the tools that could be brought. Once the date was selected, I provided Boy Scout Troop 420, a date on the Shutterfly website that permitted me to announce the request for volunteers and tools. Once the date was selected, I was able to coordinate with the Athletic Director the use of the restrooms, gator and the availability of the trainer if needed. The Athletic Director unlocked the restrooms, provided the gator, and the availability of the trainer. To be pro-active, prior to the actual date of the project, my father and I helped prepare for the workday by gathering tools such as rakes, pruners, shovels,
This project taught me multiple life lessons. These lessons included concepts such as communication skills, detailed planning, leadership, and vital importance of keeping a commitment. My Eagle Scout Project has given me experiences, and vital practice with skills that most seventeen-year old’s do not receive until later in life. The project has helped me grow and mature as a person. Working through this project has provided me with experiences with managerial responsibilities that I can use later in my life.
I have been able to exhibit my leadership skills through the Boy Scouts of America. I first joined Boy Scouts when I was only in 7th grade. I had no idea what the organization did or what they were known for. Nevertheless, I quickly realized how important Boy Scouts was to its community and also to my
In recent summers, I taught Sunday School classes for preschoolers, and I helped kids in English as a Second Language classes. These two positions have prepared me to act as a leader in the school and in the community. After teaching Sunday School, I learned to how to expand the perspective of others, not just my own. The kids and I worked to make sense of Bible stories so that they could apply the stories to their lives. Honestly, the preschool kids taught me some values that they think are important, and many of them have changed how I think about others.
In all of my Highschool career, I have developed numerous skills whether it be from being head of groups, able to speak in big crowds, and making sure that everyone understood their positions. Starting eighth grade, I had begun my journey by being a part of the Junior National Honor Society and becoming our classes representative, or as others say “Junior High valedictorian”. At this point in my life, I was able to realize that I demonstrated all the characteristics that a leader needed, and I was viewed to students and teachers as a mentor. After I had been promoted to High School, I was ambitious and challenged myself to be a part of Louder Than A Bomb poetry group. Freshman year was the Louder Than A Bombs first year at our High School which caused that year to be the group's building block.
This morning I wake up at 6 A.M., before my alarm goes off. Today is the day I put all my hours of preparation into effect. Months of planning and six years of Boy Scouts have all been leading up this. It is the first day of work on my eagle project. This is my second attempt at stopping erosion on the bank of the Raritan River.
I gave back to my scouting community by taking the place of the older scouts and help lead the troop, guiding the younger scouts on their journeys to Eagle in the same manner as the older scout did with me. I also learned about the importance of volunteer work. I volunteer at the public library, and would help out in the afterschool “Math Lab”, tutoring students struggling with understanding what they were learning in their math classes. To this end, I live by the Boy Scout slogan: “do a good turn
It is the most important (and difficult) role of troop leadership and responsibility. During my time as SPL I led about forty Boy Scouts. I helped younger Boy Scouts learn the values of scouting and helped them master certain outdoor skills. I also worked with the more advanced scouts and practiced leadership skills with them. That is beneficial in the real world.
The boys that seemed most vulnerable to abuse in Boy Scouts were the ones that were obsessed with badges and desperate to earn them. Boys who wanted to please their scout leaders as well as earn friends were vulnerable to the abuse as well. For example, the victim in the video (Day) originally started attending the program to make new friends. He soon become desperate to please his scout leader which led to him being sexually abused on many occasions. Boys who are groomed also seem most vulnerable to abuse.
All things physical All things health related All things building, grounds, and environment All things financial I had the benefit of having small doses of leadership experiences through committee work,
In 2012 more than 2.7 million youth in the US alone participated in Boy Scouts. Boy Scouts of America just further proves my point about helping to creating a better generation. Kids all around the world are learning how to live without computers and are being taught self-reliance so we don’t need to rely on technology and other people alone to do things for us. In my troop, I was the youth leader, otherwise known as the Senior Patrol leader. While being senior patrol leader or being in a leadership position at all, it has taught me a lot of skills and morals for life.
It teaches you things that carry out through your life. A study by Harris Interactive found that 83% of men that were once in boy scouts agree that the values they learned from scouting are still very important to them today. That same percentage say they have been in real life situations where having been a scout has
During World War 2 there is a large group of unsung hero 's that are still around today, these unsung hero 's are known as The Boy Scouts of America. The boy scouts at that time were a group of some 1,600,000 kids who would help with their community doing different things that would help the community. But during the World War 2 era they served as helpers for the war. They were working for the federal government and the Office of War Information. They would help by distributing posters around town to help keep the public informed and it proved to be a very smart decision.
Still, my leadership skills were developed even more in the organizations I joined throughout the years. With this in mind, the organization that influenced me the most is Girl Scouts. I have been in Girl Scouts for fourteen years, and since I am the oldest Girl Scout in Paulding County, the leaders expect me to teach the younger girls everything I