Great Determinism

Being a Girl Scout from kindergarten until the end of middle school has taught me various life skills. Firstly, it has taught me the importance of teamwork. Through various projects and activities, my troop and I have worked together in achieving any goals set by our leaders and other members of our community. This experience has also taught me life skills that can help me as an individual, such as first aid and how to deal with children. My mother was a troop leader for girls in grades third through fifth, excluding me from the eighth grade, and I acted somewhat as a co-leader for my mum when the actual co-leader was unavailable. I set up crafts and helped the younger girls with badges that I had already gotten in the

I immediately fell in love with the act of helping people and since I’ve first joined the organization I have visited nursing homes during Christmas time, collected donations for a hospital, and blazed a trail for my community. During my high school career, my fellow troop members and I organized a collection of toiletries for DASI, the women’s domestic abuse shelter in Newton as a way to take action. Being a Girl Scout taught me the importance of helping people and my experiences have inspired me to begin working my Gold Award, the highest level of achievement in Girl

The moment I changed the background color on my Commodore 64 I knew I wanted to do something with computers when I grew up. Of course, as a young child, I really had no idea what computers were capable of, but the connection was clear. The next few years were spent learning about computers and electronics. I was so curious that every single phone, alarm clock, and remote were disassembled and reassembled multiple times. Most of the time it was put back together and nobody ever knew, but occasionally that screw I could not find a hole for would betray me. This curiosity continued with lawnmower engines, trimmers, and anything new that came into the house. My behavior became more than just a curiosity when I started disassembling the family car.

As a member of the Boy Scouts of America in Troop 181 I have established myself as a young leader and well rounded individual. I have been a part of countless service projects with my fellow Scouts since I was in first grade. Sticking with Scouting has been the most rewarding experience of my life. I climbed through the ranks and attained my Eagle Scout award when I was sixteen. The Eagle Scout service project I completed along side the multiple other volunteering excursions I have been a part of have taught me several core values that will cling tightly to me from here on. These service projects have given me a fantastic outlook on life. My Troop often visits with the local nursing home to carol, plant vegetables in their garden, decorate,

As Baden Powell once said, "A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens." Scouting has been very important to me over the past 7 years. The structure of Boy Scouts being primarily boy led, allows each scout to take initiative and lead their peers through different scenarios and work together to make tough decisions. Each individual is responsible for their own advancement; nobody spoon feeds the information to you. Over the past 7 years, I have progressed to the rank of Life Scout and have begun the last step to achieving the highest rank in Boy Scouts; the rank of Eagle Scout. These seven years have left a tremendous impact on my life. I have learned many valuable life lessons regarding dedication, leadership, and commitment throughout my scouting career. These qualities did not come easy. I faced several challenges and setbacks along the way and

When I first joined cub scouts, I was thrilled. Staying through Boy Scouts, however, was a struggle. I had to hold leaderships in the troop through the years and learned a lot from it. I had to earn merit badges with rigorous and very long time requirements. Some that I had to work on daily. Being a Boy Scout is a big time commitment and earning the rank of Eagle Scout is something that only 4% of the 28 million boy scouts in the entire world earn.

Technology has become such a prominent part in today’s society. Everywhere you look, technology is all around us. We use it in every aspect of our lives and it enables us to do amazing things. But what if we can go further beyond the screen, where the digital world is blended with the real world? Found on wired.com, Microsoft is currently developing HoloLens. The Microsoft Hololens content is significant for showcasing technological determinism (TD) and social shaping of technology/social informatics (SCOT/SI).

Boy Scouts of America has been an important part of my life for the past few years. Scouting has been enjoyable, but it has also given me valuable life experiences and knowledge. Scouting teaches its participants various skills, values, and morals. Not only have I gained knowledge applicable to outdoor activities, but I have also learned to interact with others, take initiative, and serve others.

Before I was in 4th grade, I never participated in any clubs until I saw a sign about Cub Scouts. I asked my dad what he thought, and he mentioned that it was fun. I asked him to sign me up, but I was concerned it would affect my schoolwork. I was an average student, and I struggled with some subjects due to a learning disability. I joined Cub Scouts as a Webelo, the oldest level, and I became a new member of the den.

determinism debate can be looked at in the discussions of religion. In Christianity for example they are monotheistic, the belief that all things are created by one God. Regarding this issue, if God made man and all other things, including those which contribute to man's decisions and actions, then He has predetermined those decisions and actions. This means that people make their own decisions, without being forced, by God, to act one way or another. This could be compared to the way parents raise their children, but eventually will have no control over the decisions they make. The problem with this is that if God knows everything, then He knowing anything makes it predetermined.

It has been a long journey to get where I am today. I began scouting in first grade as a tiger in Cub Scout pack 852. I then continued to get the arrow of light, and then joined troop 1539 in 5th grade, where I have been ever since. Over the course of the last decade, scouting has been a large part of my childhood and has had a large impact on who I have become today. This program has taught me leadership, personal responsibility, and work ethic which have allowed me to excel in all areas of my life. I have learned skills such as knot tying, tent pitching, first aid, fire safety, and countless others. But most of all, I have formed relationships with both scouts and adults alike that will last me a lifetime.

I have been involved in scouting since the 4th grade and have been working towards obtaining the rank of eagle scout. The rank of eagle scout is given to the “cream of the crop” and it has been shown to instill many leadership qualities in boys. This can be noticed with the amount of politicians, astronauts, scientists and military officers in the lifelong “club”. The goal of every boy scout from the day they walk in is to one day achieve the rank of eagle scout. The scout has to meet many different requirements ranging from learning first aid, wilderness survival, fishing, sailing, and many more valuable things. I always strived to achieve this rank and am approaching the endpoint, my determination in meeting all requirements for this rank will soon reward me with the honor of joining the exclusive rank of well renowned individuals, but more importantly it has rewarded me with many life changing experiences. It was here I realized that my grandfather did not intend the reward at the end of the long struggle to only be monetary, but also teach us many new things about ourselves to help us lead better

The Boy Scouts have always been a top priority for my time and effort. My dad was a Boy Scout in Shiner and became Troop Committee Chairman. He saw to it that the Troop always had a good Scout Master. My mom became a Den Mother and organized a Lone Den, as we had no Cub Pack here. The Shiner Business Men’s Club also helps the Boy Scouts by paying registration fees annually for the Troop and Pack.

Pierre Simon Laplace was a famous scientist born on March 23, 1749, in Normandy, France. He went through schooling and later enrolled at Caen University at the age of sixteen to study theology. His father had an expectation for him to have a career in the church, in those times when people attended the school Laplace attended, their usual job destinations were the church or army. Laplace went into neither of those, even those he was studying theology. While at the school he discovered his love for mathematics and discovered he had a talent in that field.

When I was younger, I was watching a parade and saw the Boy Scouts walk down the street with the American flag. I was fascinated as to who they were and what they stood for. When Dave Weber came to my school to promote Cub Scouts, I became interested in what Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts was. This became an opportunity for me to try something new. So I told my Dad, who had also been in scouts when he was a kid, I wanted to join Cub Scouts. We went to the first Tiger cub meeting the following week. I immediately fell in love and have never looked back. I completed all my ranks in Cub Scouts earning my Arrow of Light before crossing over from Webelos to Boy Scouts. Once in Boy Scouts, I very quickly moved up the ranks.