Personal Narrative: Boy Scouts

I remember seeing my pinewood derby car going down the track; it was silver, blue letters on it that said sonic and black wheels that sounded like a hot wheels car going down a track. I was only 6 years old when that happened. Now I stand in front of the board representing Boy Scouts of America, ¨Congratulations, you are officially an Eagle Scout.¨ It hits me all the sudden like a wave hitting a sea wall, an 11 year journey just ended and it’s time to see the outcome.

The year is 2016, it is a cold and rainy Tuesday afternoon. My father, John Carey, and I are driving to Sherman, Texas. Once I reach Sherman I will go before a board of leaders in order to achieve the ranking of Eagle Scout. I am incredibly nervous, anxious, but really I am ready to get into the meeting and show them that I am trustworthy and capable of achieving such an honor. As we pull up to the church where the meeting will be held, I realize that I could possibly not be ready. I have gone over my project, which they will be asking questions about, a million times. Not to mention I am the one who orchestrated the planning and everything about the project, so I am very familiar with it. Yet, I sit and wonder what if they ask that one question

Throughout my high school career, I have continuously adhered to the qualities of participation, engagement and leadership through being a good citizen, and have not only begun to impact my local community, but also communities abroad in my state. Active involvement in The Boy Scouts of America has helped develop these qualities I hold and more. My volunteering in county-hosted Christmas events, multiple eagle projects, Brown Bag Ministry, street cleanup, student tutoring, technology assistance, and others has combined to over 160 total service hours in just the span of four high school years. Active citizenship continues to show me different ways of life in my own community and is illuminating. What it also creates is initiative. Through participation with my local fire department, I have been able to identify a need of my community and start to address it. I have volunteered my time for the fire department, and together with the Assistant Fire Chief, we are starting to create a new department website and digital

When I was in the sixth grade I decided to join the boy scouts, my reasoning was simple. I thought it would be beneficial when I would apply to High Schools and it would look paramount on my resume. I also thought that it would be a great opportunity to learn and develop more qualities within myself. I learned numerous life skills and procedures that will play an important role in specific scenarios that will occur throughout my life time. Gaining all this excess knowledge will only expand my mindset and create a better version of me.

All across America, young men join together in a special organization called the Boy Scouts of America. Scouts from 1st grade to seniors in high school work toward a common goal: growing up into a functional, mature citizen and leader of the United States. I joined this great organization in 2006 as a Wolf Cub Scout and rose through the ranks to get into Boy Scouts in 2010. I didn’t know what to expect from such a widely popular, military-like group. Will I get pushed to my limit? How much can Scouts impact me? Is Cub Scouts like what others say?

I approached the teacher before their next lesson and explained how the children took time to process instructions and that if they were laughing and joking about it would take afew minutes to calm down and get focused on what was required next. The teacher glared at me and then very

My interests in school are mainly science and history. I have many interest outside of school like welding, and build things out of metal for people. I like to hunt, fish,and being outdoors in nature. My hobbies include being in Boy Scouts, playing sports like Football, Baseball for my school. I also participate in ag Mechanics, and I shoot Air rifle competitively and I have gone and won State, and competed in the National competition.

I memorized the scout law and the scout oath, I tried to learn the knots and basic camping knowledge. Not only did I do this but I took every fundraiser to the extreme! I would sell 20 to 40 tickets to our events, I was able to collect donation after donation. They began calling me fundraising Queen. After these three months i was able to prove how much the whole scout program meant to me. I ran for Vice president of Administration when our VP had to resign to go to college, I knew it was a big move and I believed in myself, I knew they really needed to trust me seeing as I was only a scout for three months and they were all mostly doing it for eight years or longer. I learned they believed in me too when I was elected VP. I came to every meeting, fundraiser and campout ready, I had a smile on my face, I had the proper materials and anything I needed. I did everything I needed too but I gave it all a twist. I would make a boring meeting of going over a fundraisers pros and cons into a game of hot potato, I would do small things that changed the boring into something

In the world that we live in today, social justice plays a huge role in the decisions, laws, and actions that people, and the government make. I think it is time to ask ourselves, have we gone too far? We are all familiar with the Boy Scouts of America. They're a wonderful organization that help boys turn into capable men. The Boy Scouts have a law; A scout is "Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent." In other words, a Scout a good citizen, plain and simple. On May 3rd, 2018 the Boy Scouts of America made the announcement that girls will be welcomed into their boy scout program next February. The name, to appeal more to both genders will be changed to Scouts BSA. The girl

Boy Scouts of America: I have been involved with the scouting program since I was six years old, and continue to be actively involved. I currently working to the rank of Eagle Scout. I am currently the Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) of my troop, which includes running the weekly meetings, sending and creating the weekly agenda, updating our Troop website, and help plan Troop outings. On average I spend roughly 5 hours a week with doing activities that are involved with Boy Scouts.

For my Girl Scout Silver award, I had to create and finish a project that was both sustainable and filled a need in my community. I decided that I wanted to put furniture in the teen area of my local library. I then met with the children’s librarians and the library director and we set a fundraising goal.

Throughout life, we will all meet numerous people. Each character in our story is different and unique in some way. Perhaps one is known for being a prodigal and dedicated athlete. The next is creative and passionate in the arts. Yet another prefers to stay to the side, despite being surprisingly knowledgeable and wise for their age. They all have their own story to tell and their own characteristics that have formed them. I am no exception to this rule and have my own characteristics that set me apart from others. My various different interests are what have encouraged me in different ways, whether it be my drive, my creativity, or my intelligence.

When dealing with behavior, remain calm and positive. Do not allow yourself to get in a power struggle with a student. Use system of least prompts to help the child work through the issue.

Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest youth groups in the nation that is was well known and popular. But in recent years is has faced a decline in members and donors as American public gradually moved to support LGBT rights. The boy scouts policy did not support these rights so they attracted a lot of attention. I read that in 2012, perhaps in an attempt to reassure conservative church groups, the BSA forcefully reaffirmed its commitment to ban openly gay youth and openly gay adults from scouting. In response, LGBT groups escalated their campaign against BSA's discriminatory policies. Activists gathered thousands of signatures on petitions calling for an end to the gay ban. They called attention to many news stories of the BSA kicking

My Girl Scout Troop (#473) and I went to the Discovery Cube on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. It was raining really hard so we did not go outside much. Did I mention that they were having their “Winterfest”?