My last five years in Boy Scouts of America has been more than meaningful to me. For a young teenager‚ who was reserved and ignorant about nature‚ it opened up a completely different perspective about life; it built confidence‚ taught me to be an effective leader‚ and developed personal integrity. On July 1st‚ 2011‚ I attended my first campout at Camp Raven Knob‚ which was a six-day Boy Scout camp at a location in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. When we reached Camp Raven Knob‚ we were
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I have much extensive experience in leadership‚ as I have held many standings within the Boy Scouts of America and the Liberty High Marching Band that have required me to make arrangements‚ and execute said arrangements in a timely‚ and systematic manner. If I were to attain the honor of attending your institution‚ I would strive to do everything within my power‚ to reap the fruits of the facilities provided. Within the Boy Scouts of America I have spearheaded many events and have held a multitude
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but not with this little girl named Scout Finch. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout Finch is the protagonist. She lives in a town called Maycomb. Scout is a young girl who has a brother nicknamed Jem‚ and a father named Atticus. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows Scout Finch as literate‚ curious‚ and violent. The first trait scout is portrayed to be is literate. She is above her peers expectations when it comes to her literacy. Scout says “She discovered I was
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In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ which describes the childhood experiences of Jean Louise Finch‚ or known mainly as Scout‚ who lives in the town of Maycomb in Alabama. Throughout the story‚ many groups of people in the 1930’s‚ which consisted of the African American community‚ has experience unjust treatment. In the beginning of the novel‚ Scout starts out innocent‚ essentially in her own bubble‚ but as the story progresses on she begins to break out of her bubble from these events
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Assignment 1 Week 3: Leadership Experience Analysis Daniel A. Chintersingh PAD515007VA016-1128-001 Leadership and Conflict Resolution Professor: Dr Mark PANTALEO October 28‚ 2012 Leadership is ultimately a social development process. There is a perception that being a young leader can lead to exuberances if temptations and peer pressure is not resisted‚ and that young public leaders face serious administrative and political challenges. This perception is viewed as a social acceptable norm
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An Eagle’s Journey: A Journey Towards Clarity Sitting in the church pew as an Eagle Scout‚ listening to my Scoutmaster and other adult leaders extol my virtues was a surreal experience. How did I get here? It felt like they were talking about someone else. It seemed like just yesterday I was painting my Pine Wood Derby Car and preparing for the biggest race in Cub Scouting. I organized a group of fellow scouts to build a magnificent 20-foot bridge for my Eagle Project‚ which in hindsight was
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elementary child should experience. From being mistreated by her first grade teacher to getting attacked by an old trashy man‚ Jean Louise‚ or Scout‚ has been through it all. There was a time frame in the beginning of the novel where Scout was entering first grade. Miss. Caroline‚ her first grade teacher‚ had assessed Scout in her ability to read. Miss. Caroline had seen that Scout had the ability to read beyond her years and was frustrated by it. The teacher then proceeded on telling Scout that she should
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realize when reading To Kill a Mockingbird that Scout is who she is because of the way Atticus has raised her. While most girls scouts age would be wearing dresses and learning manners‚ Scout‚ thanks to Atticus’s parenting style‚ can decide for herself to wear overalls and learn to climb trees with Jem and Dill. She is very intelligent for her age as Atticus has taught her how to read before she even started school. Atticus builds his morals up in scout very evidently‚ although no so much as to draw
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wrongly accused black man while the story is told through the perspective of his daughter Jean Louise Finch‚ called Scout‚ and about her life as she grows up in a close together but racist community (Bloom 11). Since it is told through a young girl’s perspective‚ it is a story about a trial‚ yet also a childhood and growing up involving games and first days of school (Bernard 9). Scout keeps her charm as a “classic American tomboy” throughout the novel even if some of her elders disapprove of it (Bloom
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pages of a classic novel‚ there is a girl named Jean Louise Finch‚ or rather‚ Scout. She is young and untainted by the world’s prejudices‚ and she possesses a mind full of curiosity. Scout wondered about many things. She wondered why Mrs. Dubose is such a mean old hag‚ about why Arthur‚ Boo‚ Radley never leaves his house‚ and why must a girl become a lady? The question that Scout pondered most about‚ however‚ was what it means to kill a mockingbird. The character Scout and the book To Kill A Mockingbird
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