When I was young‚ my father enrolled me in the Cub Scouts. Being in Cub Scouts--and later Boy Scouts--really shaped who I am today. It has taught me skills for survival and taught me about people. Some of it was taught to me‚ some of it I learned for myself. It was in June of 2008‚ I think‚ that my Cub Scout pack went on a weekend campout. I should mention that my father was at this point the Cubmaster of the pack. The campground stretched across a small peninsula that jutted out into Island Lake
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CCA Hike: Companion’s Reflection General Feedback: The hike was generally extremely enjoyable. Initially‚ when we set off from RI‚ I was extremely high and for the first checkpoint‚ I felt as if the bag weighed almost nothing. However‚ when we had to backtrack when we realised we had forgotten to take a picture of the checkpoint. On the other hand I was always motivated to continue walking by my fellow companions with whom I could share stories with. We also distributed the weight as equally as
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To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Scout Moving On At the beginning of the novel‚ Scout is an innocent five-year-old child who has no experience with reality of the outside world. As the novel goes on‚ Scout is learning about the harsh world that is around her by all of the events that are happening that has to do with racial prejudice. People throughout the book‚ even her family‚ approach her and make crude and slanderous remarks regarding her father representing a colored man. The grounds on which
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Through the clinical research of Dr. Martin Seligman‚ the concept of learned optimism was developed. Seligman explained that everyone may experience some momentary feelings of helplessness when encountering failing experiences. Seligman provides a systematic method to learned optimism that consists of recognizing and then disputing pessimistic thoughts. This method is referred to as the ABCDE model. ABCDE are the first letters of the steps that teachers of optimism can take in helping others develop
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and Frost both write about birds. Compare and contrast two poems‚ one by each poet‚ taking account of the methods (the situation of the speaker‚ and the form‚ structure and language‚ including imagery and tones) which each poet uses to write about birds. Both Edward Thomas and Robert Frost write about birds in their poems ‘The Owl’ and ‘The Oven Bird’. ‘The Oven Bird’ by Robert Frost was written in 1916 and published in the Mountain Interval. It is a poem about an Oven Bird who sits on a tree on a
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Speech Boy Scouts of America Introduction: A. Did you know that Boy Scouts of America has over 2.7 million youth members and over 1 million adult volunteers who participated in service projects adding up to 13‚449‚017 service hours in 2012? B. That being said‚ my goal for today is to inform you on what the Boy Scouts of America do as well as some of the benefits that the community receives from youth scouts. My name is ______ _____ and today I am going to be talking about the Boy Scouts of America
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The Twelve Most Important Lessons I’ve Learned So Far 1. The more we know about ourselves‚ the more power we have to behave better. Humility is underrated. We each have an infinite capacity for self-deception — countless unconscious ways we protect ourselves from pain‚ uncertainty‚ and responsibility — often at the expense of others and of ourselves. Endless introspection can turn into self-indulgence‚ but deepening self-awareness is essential to freeing ourselves from our reactive‚ habitual behaviors
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Ryley Emslander Due Tuesday Oct. 27 Journal 5 First‚ I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ and I finished the book. Chapters 24-30 are about Aunt Alexandra’s attempt to make scout more feminine‚ Helen Robinson’s reaction to Tom’s death‚ Cecil’s current event about Hitler‚ Scout and Jem’s pageant‚ and Mr. Ewell attacking Jem and Scout on their way home. Dill leaves to go back to the Meridian and school starts. Jem gets frustrated easily now because he is going through tough times
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themes in To Kill a Mockingbird is racism. Racism is seen all throughout the story and has powerful impact on all of the characters. The idea of white and colored people as equals is an idea that the main character‚ Scout Finch‚ learns through her experiences. She starts to realize that the people in Maycomb were more judgy than she had always thought. This idea for her was mainly introduced to her during the Tom Robinson case. This case had racism “written all over it.” During the trial‚ Scout‚ Jem‚ and
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In daily life‚ I strive to live by values that involve high morals‚ a desire to serve‚ and my religious beliefs. In doing so‚ I’m presented with countless opportunities to volunteer and provide leadership‚ making a difference in my church‚ school‚ community and family. It mainly began with Boy Scouts of America‚ one of the largest youth organizations in the nation; I’ve had the privilege of being a member since 2007. Originally joining Cub Scouts‚ I advanced to Boy Scouts and achieved the highest
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