year before having to step down from it and the athletic club to spend more time as my studies got more intense. Currently, I have stayed with my Boy Scout Troop, became an adult leader and teach Boy Scouts outdoor and life skills and act as a merit badge counselor for Personal Fitness, Athletics, and
Many people believe the Boy Scouts of America, BSA program is blemished due to recent events. However, I think the Boy Scout program is a great thing. This program gave me various life-long experiences and presented different aspects of the world. More importantly, this program shaped my personal experiences by allowing me to understand the benefits of leadership, teamwork, and improve communication. The BSA is designed to foster leaders, service, teamwork and communication to build stronger communities
Progressing through ranks and merit badges widened my range of knowledge, from fingerprinting to landscape architecture. Seeing this variety kept me in and wanting more. I encountered other Scouts beyond the troop and I made really good friends that are out of the normal school environment
Life sucks. It doesn’t who you are; rich, poor, tall, short, thin, fat, muscular, etc., life will always find a way to kick you in the teeth, beating you down until you just wanna tap out and then some. But there there are two types of people in this world that reacts to this, one is to give up and let life go out of control and let it ruin you, or someone can take the hit and keep moving forward. I just so happened to be in the first category When I was very young, I was very spoiled by my parents
When a child is born, its family raises it in hope for him to become successful. Inevitably time remains slow, yet it is constant. Thanks be to God that we wake up every morning knowing that we can rely on its consistency to creep on us as children grow older. A mother’s dream, with three children, is for the last child to live happily and a father’s is for his children to be cautious of the threats the world has within. But as a result of the values and characteristic that the child has developed
FOR MERIT AND DISTINCTION GRADE DESCRIPTORS INDICATIVE CHARACTERISTICS CONTEXTUALISATION The learner must: The learner’s evidence: MERIT: M1 Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate
Some would argue that the difference between an accomplished and unaccomplished person is confidence. Ralph Waldo Emerson certainly upholds this belief throughout his discourse entitled “Self-Reliance,” with the characterization of a man who holds on tight to what he believes in as being the best kind of man. Emerson argues that original and unique thought is necessary for true education and that conformance and perpetuation are the great hindrances to mankind. By putting the very things that he
This essay explores the Holocaust’s connection to modernity and postmodernity. The objective of this study is to explain the reasons why and how the Holocaust occurred and if it could have been avoided. Comparing this event with other genocides that occurred in recent history, this essay proves if the Holocaust was by and large spurred on by the conditions of modernity or would have occurred regardless. During the Holocaust, Germans extinguished the lives of six million Jews and other “undesirables”
Common app essay #5 Scouting has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I joined in the First grade as a tiger cub and I was super excited. I remember getting my uniform and wanting to wear it everywhere. I was so excited to be a part of it. I have grown up through scouting and can’t picture my life without it. It has shaped me into the man I am today. I am currently working on my Eagle Scout. I want to continue helping the troop even after I finish. I will be involved in scouting
elusive for most women”. Engagement with gender can assist in explaining this paradox. When coupled with consideration of other social classifications such as race and class, a clearer picture emerges of a legal profession in need of reform. This essay will primarily focus on commercial solicitors as gender inequality is most evident in this area. I sat down with corporate city lawyer, Amy Fenny, to help reframe the existing dialogue on gender equality by assessing gender bias and its impact on those