Scouting

My life has been shaped, I feel, by the amazing people and opportunities around me in my daily life. The first and foremost of these people are my parents. I am the child of two small business owners, named Jon and Misty. They run a store that sells sewing machines, located in the small town of Yankton, South Dakota. From an early age, my parents taught me the value of education. My family has never had a large amount of money, and it was my parents who urged me to do my best in school,…

With so much fun happening at every turn, Girl Scouts usually have great stories to tell. Either they are taking on amazing change-the-world service projects, enjoying life-changing trips to wonderful places, or basically just being outdoors having fun and forging “forever friendships.” There is so many ways of learning something new and building a lifetime of memories is inspiring; and the things of girls, volunteers, parents, and alumnae say seem to be a true statement to the power of the Girl…

In Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2011. Print), American author and journalist Michael Lewis artistically blends business and sports together in a story focused on finding the secret of being successful in baseball. Lewis tells the story of how the Major League Baseball team Oakland A’s, under the management of former player Billy Beane succeeded in transforming not only their own organization into a cost-efficient winning machine but…

I’ve completed in the past. This would be the pinnacle of my scouting career. One can find Gleason Cemetery burrowed in a little alcove on the side of a brush lined road near Molalla, Oregon. Seldom visited, the families of those buried are either deceased or don’t care enough to pay any respects to their late ancestors. My father gave me the idea of restoring an abandoned pioneer cemetery in order to attain the highest rank in scouting. While most scouts build benches or spread bark over a…

a month. According to my observation, I can see the characteristic of his developmental stage in different aspect, such as cognitive development and moral development. I observed him while he was playing with his classmate and participating the scouting activity. Based on his behavior, I can apply the attachment theory, Theory of Cognitive Development, Moral Development and Emotional Development. Report To commence with, let me illustrate the aspect of moral development. According to the…

allow openly gay scouts into the organization and has finally decided to lift it. In a statement by Wayne Perry, BSA President, he said “While people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are scouting.” The decision to lift the ban was a move in the right direction towards progression and acceptance. Originally, W.D. Boyce founded Boys Scouts of America (or BSA) in 1910, as part of the international scout movement. The main purpose of BSA…

I accomplished it in 2015. My greatest achievement, earning the rank of Eagle Scout, signifies my transition into adulthood. Throughout my life, I have been extremely determined and strived to be the best at everything I do. To accomplish this in scouting, required becoming an Eagle Scout. Ever since I was a Tiger Cub in 2004, I knew I wanted to reach the prestigious rank, but did not always realize how treacherous the road would be to get there. The amount of skills that I ended up attaining on…

Maria Stephanie Amaya 03/30/2017 Moneyball film extra credit The film “Moneyball” is about Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane reinventing how people view the game of baseball and how players are scouted for teams. Faced with the dilemma of being unable to re-sign Oakland’s best 3 players after the 2001 season due to their limited payroll, Beane uses the power of statistics to find value in players and understand the sport of baseball. Beane meets an Ivy League graduate named Peter Brand.…

Good afternoon, On behalf of Jeff and I, I would like to thank everyone here today for taking time out a busy summer weekend to be here with us to celebrate Alessandro reaching the rank of Eagle Scout. To raise a child it takes a village Alessandro you are fortunate to have been part of a good village through the years. Troop 32 along with family, friends, water polo and neighbors, has been an anchor for you through challenges and adversity. I would like to express my…

Every week, time after time, month after month, alone in silence with nothing but the view and envy that I had felt for that one hour, which time and presence wouldn't allow to go away. That freedom was what I wanted -being an outcast- not being forced into fake friendships because I had been conditioned from an early age by my peers to learn there is no such thing as a real friend. Mocking always filled my ears whenever I'd sit there during a Den Meeting; it was me, once again, subjecting…