Houston...When will the eagle land?

Howdy,

Once a young boy has completed the rigerous fifth grade, he embarks on a journey that will ultimatley change his life. This "adventure" is called entering the Boy Scouts of America. The acclamied goal of this organization is to "mold" adolecent boys into outstanding community figures. It also allows for the chance to create entertaining hobbies for the boy to take on with him in life. These aspirations are crucial to the development of a human. Allowing a person to learn traits that will affect society is vital to the success of the targeted community. A scout learns how to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, curtious, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, clean, and reverant. These aspects along with the social evolution of a young boy into a man, i believe is the basis of the scouting program. If a boy fully understands the meaning of this program, he can develop into a type of person that society cherishes. However, this thought process is often overlooked in the program. Instead of focusing on learning valuable morals and ethics, the program pushes recieving awards. In most cases these awards are at the center of scouting activity. All participants strive to obatin the highest award. The eagle. This award is looked high upon in society and is often a benefit to have. My expierence with this award, however, have come to make me think differently. I have been working on my eagle for the past three months. Unfortunatley i procrastinated finishing my service project. When i completed the project, i wondered if i would have had more pleasure if i had completed it sooner. I am now a senior in highschool and had limited time to work on it, often i would stay up late trying to finish it. After my project was completed i felt proud of myself, but wanted to complete the rest of the award quickly. Unfortunatley, i was held back yet again. When i turned my application into the scouting council, i was rejected. Two of my pervious awards were not exactly four months apart. This caused my leaders, parents, and myself to painstakingly find the correct data. Luckily the correct data was found. Now i must face the "Council of Elrond" in a rigerous trial to test not my morals as a human, but my knot tying skills and if i can survive in the desert with only a toothbrush and a balloon! Has obtaining my eagle been a process of moral growth, or more of a race for correct dates and numbers? I believe that the scouting program needs to focus more on the ethical teachings of its program. I cherish the memories, adventures, moral lessons, and social aspects of the scouting program more than any of the awards or rank advancements i have recieved. When entering the real world will it benefit me to know how to socially interact or how to make a "monkey bridge?" To conclude, is the eagle award really a reflection of personal character? If i was a employer i would chosse someone who can socially interact, have fun, has a plesant nature, and a strong work ethic. What does having your eagle really mean? Someone can lie, cheat, steal, have a cruel attitude towards life, with no work ethic, and still be looked at because of the "eagle award." After going through the scouting program and recieving my eagle, I believe that the Boy Scouts of America could focus on more things that help prepare the scout for scoial aspects of life, rather then trying to recieve a badge and medallion.

Thanks!

--Max( sorry it is so long, but I was in the zone.)

Work Change

So today at work I was confronted by one of my past superviors, Melissa. I use to be part of her "team" (we are split up into teams and stay with the same people for a while) until I was moved over to Jess's where I became a "rover" A rover is someone who doesn't need to have things posted on their cube and doesn't have a desk due to the advanced knowledge the retain. Any way I have been roving for roughly six months now and am utterly tired of it. I want to decorate and have my own space again rather than dealing with others messy cube. Melissa expelled to me that I would be changing teams on Monday and would be back with her! I was (as Max would put it) ubber excited. Jess is a goof ball, I love her to death but sometimes I don't know if she understands the questions I ask. When I am at work, I like to just work. Melissa answers my questions so well and is understanding when situations come up. She is just one of those people I can talk to and confide in at work. It makes things run smoothly. So that should all occur as previously stated, Monday. In other news, I had a soccer game last night, lost but had a lot of fun. I have another tonight at eleven, which should call for an interesting game considering I am exhausted and hungry. Well till tomorrow!

--Sarah

High School...ONLINE!

Yo,

<--(Me after i had endured a session of EHS!)

So basically i would advise never to transfer schools. I did and my life fell into misery. When i went in for the routine meeting with my school counsler at my new highschool i found out i was a few credits short. This was annoying! Instead of being able to take some groovy classes my junior and senior year i have had to take classes that can be completed in a comatose state of mind. The worst of all of this is EHS or Electronic High School. This is a program that allows student who want to overachieve or catch up on credits (me) take certain classes online. I enrolled in Financial Literacy and Computer Tech. These classes were ridiculous. Unless you had a disease that forced you to buy foolish things and waste money Finacial Literacy was a common knowladge class. Computer Tech...was worse. One of my assignments for the day was send an email. You think that in this vast world of technology that they would think that the common highschool student can send an email. Well i guess that if i can manage a blog and have two email addresses, can edit movies on my computer, play uber cool games, create a powerpoint presentation, and turn the ruddy thing on that i would need a discourse on how to send an email. Well i have to actually go do some online high school... so i will leave and try not to slit my wrists as i learn the basics of how to use microsoft word.

Later!

Reproduction

Today in my ever monotonous Principles of Life Science class, we tactifully dove into the mitosis and meosis cell division process. Who knew monocots and dicots could be studied so in depth. Honestly, who cares that the monocotic corn kernal uses it's endosperm to survive?!?! I often wonder who was the ancient moron that decided to make the world ever so confusing for his future ancestors. He was living in a pure "Ingorence is Bliss" era where corn was a yellow edible veggie and not a diagram in my four pound book. Really, think about it. The days when the world was flat, and things were bought with sticks and stones. Wouldn't that make life ever so pleasant. No rediculous politics with menopausal women running the country and not having the world thrown into utter chaos over a black, think liquid. Maybe I will run for Pres....

--Sarah

Max's turn

Hello,

Well this is my first blog post and I am uber excited! I just got back from Disneyland! My band went there for a music thing and it was freaking amazing. However, i am back at school now....uhg. I have decided that high school is slowly giving me numerous health problems and will kill me shortly. Graduation is only in one month and i can't wait! Another horrible dilemma in my current existance on this planet is what to get for my birthday! I have utterly no idea. I have to figure this out quick or i am doomed! Well i have to go to school now so i will write again later!!

Peace out--Max