During my life, So far a lot of my greatest memories involve Boy-Scouts. One of the best moments, I remember is my very first Summer Camp. I had been involved in Boy-Scouts for around four months. I had been told about Camp Chawanakee from other Scouters and I was so excited to go. It was around 3 weeks before we would be going to camp. Before we went to camp, we got to pick some merit Badges we would be doing. I had 5 class periods and 3 of them were going to be trail classes. So I had 2 more badges
and outdoor recreation. Created by Robert Baden Powell in 1908 in England, scouting has grown to over 161 countries and one of the first being the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts of America has a positive impact on american culture accumulating over 13 million hours in service conducted by over 2.7 million youth members and over a million volunteers in 2012 alone (Facts About Scouting). While some may say Scouting has a positive impact on American society others will say the complete opposite
My Story: (895 Words) About eight years ago, I joined Boy Scouts. Well, I joined Cub Scouts. I was excited for the long program to follow, but never thought I would go on very far. After a little while of Cub Scouts, I realized the real intensity of it. I knew I had to work harder. I moved on through ranks. I first got my Bobcat, which was memorization of the Cub Scout oath and promise. Then slowly, I moved to Tiger. Things were weird, and fun. I was a very shy child and could never go anywhere
Yorkville Cub Scout Pack 350 is a local chartered organization which provides the community with volunteer opportunities and Boy Scout lessons for local children. This organization provides age appropriate lessons on various scouting and life lessons, such as camping, sports, safety, religion, morals, respect, and survival. These lessons are taught through meetings which are organized by age group, focused solely on children who are aged First Grade through Fifth Grade. The organizational structure
Scouting for a Lifetime Millions… millions of discourse communities exist all around us each and every day. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Tumblr, and Group Me are just a few of the many examples of the functional discourse communities that our world consists of today. A discourse community is a group of people who share a set of discourses that are agreed upon as basic values and expectations and use communication to achieve set goals. There are six requirements to have a true discourse
who become Scouts, it must be confessed that thirty will drop out in their first year. Perhaps this may be regarded as a failure, but later in life, all of these will remember that they had been in Scouting and will speak well of the program… Each of the one hundred will learn something from Scouting, and all will develop hobbies that will add interest throughout the rest of their lives. Approximately one-half will serve in the military, and in varying degrees, profit from their Scout training… At
The Boy Scouts of America is a great program for boys from ages Eleven to Eighteen. Because of the thinking of one man, Robert Baden-Powell, the scouting movement started in the United Kingdom. The first camp that was created was call Brownsea Island located in Poole, Dorset. He created the camp to try to bring together twenty boys from different backgrounds and start what is now the Boy Scout Movement. In the United States, the movement came on February 8th, 1910. That date is know known as the
I. Introduction/Problem Statement I want to determine what gender messages are portrayed in Girl Scouts vs. Boy Scouts. With both groups researchers have studied, the gender messaging that is portrayed in the scouting handbooks but they have not looked at what is actually being passed on to the girls and boys. I will take the proposed gender messages that have been defined in text analysis research and determine if those are the message being passed on to the scouts. These messages are that Girl
recruit new Scouts. They discussed Scouting and talked about the highest rank in the Boy Scouts, the Eagle. I knew that day; I wanted to become an Eagle Scout, so I joined the troop with dreams of becoming one. The motto of the Cub Scouts is “Do your Best” and I did. I worked my way through, where I learned about competition and being a good sportsmanship by participating in the Pinewood Derby’s. Although, my cars never won on the racetrack, during my first year in Cub Scouts, my car did win Best of
Cub Scouts Teaches Valuable Lessons No Tiger is given his stripes, he must first earn them. All little boys who want to become Boy Scouts of America begin as Tigers, in a program called Cub Scouts. The Cub Scouting adventure presents endless personal and life lessons for little boys to begin understanding and implementing as they embark on the much larger adventure of becoming young men. Tigers are not alone in their efforts to learn new life principles, as they will rise through the ranks in the
A Life Lived in Scouting 1986: Introduction to the Mystery After the skits, songs, and cheers, the Camp Director (bearing a white sash embroidered with a red arrow and two bars at each end) came forward. The crowd instantly grew quiet and somber. The wind rustled; the branches swayed and cracked; the lake gently lapped the shore. Sitting with my father, I watched bats flutter above two great fires. In a clear yet reverent tone, the weathered old man invoked the beauty of nature, the mystery of
seeing all of the other cub scouts. I was very nervous and wanted to make a good impression on the other kids. Due to my age I was put into the rank of wolf, the second lowest rank in cub scouts. We were a group of 16 kids. I don’t know how anyone could have controlled us at that young age, we were wild. Only three of the 16 ever made it to eagle and I worked hard to be one of them.
The Scouting Program Scouting is one of the most rewarding and fun organizations that boys can be a part of. The program focuses on the morals and character of the boys, and tries to teach them everyday skills that are basic to living in the world today. It seems that in our schools today there is more and more fear and our kids are becoming, in some cases, almost anti-social. This fear is not the fear of doing well or failing a test, but it is a fear of their fellow students. In our attempt
earning my Eagle Scout within a few weeks, not only because it honors the hard work, dedication, and consistency of scouting, but also because it represents who I have become as a person and how I plan to lead my life. My grandfather was a long time Scout Leader so my mother saw the benefits of scouting with her brothers and really wanted me to experience scouting. When I first started Cub Scouts in Kindergarten, I wasn’t sure I liked it. Soon I began to realize how many friends I was surrounded by
scout and stick through this no matter what" and that I did. So naturally as my father he is the man I look to surpass one day because even when he worked 4 jobs every day he always took me to that Friday boy scout meeting. Participated in every scouting event such as service projects and camps and hikes for 4 years. Only after we moved to the city did he stop and he asked me " Do you want to transfer troops or resign". I told him " no I am going to stick this through with the troop I began with
With an upcoming drumline of around ten freshmen, eight sophomores, three juniors, and one senior we have a tremendous amount of work ahead of us and to achieve that goal of being the best we need someone to lead us. Our ensemble can become amazing and I have a lot of great goals I hope we accomplish next year but more than anything else our group needs motivation to become the best. And by the end of next year we will have pushed ourselves and we might be bloody and tired at the finish line but
suppose to live by the Scout Oath and the Scout Law. If he lives by these guidelines, he is subject to several virtues: patience, leadership, and trouble shooting. In all my scouting experiences, these virtues have been blindly apparent and have served me well. Patience is the first and foremost of these virtues. During scouting experiences, I have discovered that in truth you need three kinds of patience. The first is patience with younger scouts. Younger scouts are often hyper and inattentive
The Women of Scout Finch's Childhood “If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-”. The women of Scout Finch's life are: Miss Caroline, Miss.Maudie, and Aunt Alexandrea. We can see from these characters actions that even thought Scout doesn't have a mother, she does have important female figures that are willing to help guid her through life. Each woman helps
accomplishment will not only help me develop as a leader, but also as a person. Becoming an eagle scout is more than a badge and a rank; it is a sense of duty and fulfillment that I have sought for so many years and am finally able to achieve. From Cub Scout to Eagle Scout, like adolescence to adulthood, this momentous occasion symbolizes my entrance into a new world and my readiness to tackle the challenges it has in store for me. It all started in the 6th grade. I was a young, whimsical, spontaneous
Ever since I joined scouting as a Senior Webelo, I wanted to become an Eagle Scout. I started my journey by obtaining my Arrow of Light, then bridged as soon as I could to Troop 0713 located at American Martyr’s church in Manhattan Beach. Now at age 14 and going into tenth grade, I stand on the brink of success regarding my Eagle Scout award after years of hard work and determination. Outside of scouting, I am very involved at various churches around the South Bay area. I have volunteered mostly