April 15, 2014, just months after my 16th birthday, was not only the one year anniversary of our house fire, but also a day of rejoice for my family, friends, and myself. This day was the crowning point of my scouting career. I remember standing in the lobby of the local scout office, with my parents and scoutmaster nervously waiting for my name to be called. Attempting to calm myself by talking and laughing with everyone, to not show my nerves, my name was finally called. This was it; there was no turning back now. As my scoutmaster walked me back, I remember repeating the Scout Oath and Law over and over again in my head. I did not want to mess up these fundamental elements installed in all boys that join scouting. After a long interrogation
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These requirements included earning 21 different merit badges, plan and carryout a community service project, and hold a leadership role for a minimum of six months. The 21 merit badges are made of classes that include topics like citizenship in the world, first aide or medicine. The last two being the most influential in choosing a career field. Not only did these badges effect on my choice, but two of my adult leaders assisted in this decision. These two adult leaders consisted of a Doctor and a Nurse Practitioner. When earning the first aide merit badge, scouts are taught basic aide for injures similar to burns, scrapes, and cuts. All are common injures while on scouting adventures. My teacher dove deeper in the first aide, and taught the five common signs of heart attacks and strokes. Learning all of this combined with talking to my adult leaders about their chosen profession; I was introduced and feel deeply in love with the medical field. If I had not decided to join scouting, I would possibly have not found my love for the medical field. The entire scouting experience is to thank for me finding my future career. It was not just the merit badges, but also the interaction with the respectable leaders within my troop. During my board of review on April 15,2014, one of the leaders asked, “Of the merit badges you have earned throughout your scouting career, have any persuaded you toward …show more content…
This day was the day I became a member of scouting’s elite. I became an Eagle Scout. I joined the ranks of Neil Armstrong and Gerald Ford, and a member of less than 1% of the US population. After walking out of that room, all I could feel was joy. Joy for achieving the highest rank in scouting. Joy for making my parents proud. Although I felt joy, I still think back to that car ride home after the meeting. I remember sitting in the back seat of the car staring out the window and asking myself; why me? Why did I deserve to be an Eagle Scout? These questions pondered me for a while, until one day I started to piece together every campout, every Monday night meeting, and every service project I completed along the road to Eagle. Doing this I realized I did not become an Eagle Scout to better myself, but to better every person I come into contact with. In scouting I was taught to live by the Scout Law; “A scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent.” Now that I have realized what it means to be an Eagle Scout this ideals that I have repeated thousands of times in my scouting career mean more to me now then they did April 15,
These requirements included earning 21 different merit badges, plan and carryout a community service project, and hold a leadership role for a minimum of six months. The 21 merit badges are made of classes that include topics like citizenship in the world, first aide or medicine. The last two being the most influential in choosing a career field. Not only did these badges effect on my choice, but two of my adult leaders assisted in this decision. These two adult leaders consisted of a Doctor and a Nurse Practitioner. When earning the first aide merit badge, scouts are taught basic aide for injures similar to burns, scrapes, and cuts. All are common injures while on scouting adventures. My teacher dove deeper in the first aide, and taught the five common signs of heart attacks and strokes. Learning all of this combined with talking to my adult leaders about their chosen profession; I was introduced and feel deeply in love with the medical field. If I had not decided to join scouting, I would possibly have not found my love for the medical field. The entire scouting experience is to thank for me finding my future career. It was not just the merit badges, but also the interaction with the respectable leaders within my troop. During my board of review on April 15,2014, one of the leaders asked, “Of the merit badges you have earned throughout your scouting career, have any persuaded you toward …show more content…
This day was the day I became a member of scouting’s elite. I became an Eagle Scout. I joined the ranks of Neil Armstrong and Gerald Ford, and a member of less than 1% of the US population. After walking out of that room, all I could feel was joy. Joy for achieving the highest rank in scouting. Joy for making my parents proud. Although I felt joy, I still think back to that car ride home after the meeting. I remember sitting in the back seat of the car staring out the window and asking myself; why me? Why did I deserve to be an Eagle Scout? These questions pondered me for a while, until one day I started to piece together every campout, every Monday night meeting, and every service project I completed along the road to Eagle. Doing this I realized I did not become an Eagle Scout to better myself, but to better every person I come into contact with. In scouting I was taught to live by the Scout Law; “A scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent.” Now that I have realized what it means to be an Eagle Scout this ideals that I have repeated thousands of times in my scouting career mean more to me now then they did April 15,