My First Boy Scout Dialectical Journal

Sometimes what you don’t know can hurt you. My first Boy Scout outing was a good example. There was a total of 32 scouts and a few adult leaders attended. In this outing, I made a lot of mistakes because I didn’t know what to do or bring. My clothes were too thick, and the cars that the scouts rode in were like sardine fish cans, which made me feel like the sun was scorching me. Also, I almost got hit and buried by snow bricks that were as hard as rocks. After this outing, I finally got the idea of why people learn by making mistakes because mistakes allow us to remember what is right and what is wrong. At first, I entered the car that I was assigned to. Our car was so crowded that I can barely stretch my legs. The two other scouts told me that they wore nothing inside their snow pants except their boxers. “Wow!” I thought. I wore two layers of pants inside my snow pants, and they were all very thick. About 40 minutes after we left the parking lot, I started to feel like I’m in an oven. Then I understood why the two scouts wore nothing except boxers inside their snow pants: because it was too hot inside the car! Later, I knew that the temperature outside the camp was not that cold. Anyways, we still made it to the camp.

I opened the door and jumped out of the car. Then the chilly air and the wind greeted me by wrapping themselves around me. I waited a few seconds so my body could cool down. A few seconds later, I saw that the other scouts were getting out of their car and starting to get their packs from the trunk. I did so too. Then, we headed to the house that we would be using as our living quarters. We settled our belongings. I thought there would be hot water for me to heat my food, but there wasn’t! Luckily, I had snacks. So I grabbed them from my backpack and started to eat them