North! South! East! West!

Dragons! Dragons! We're the best!

On my way to Class 302, I was reminded of the days of my Boy Scout career. 8 years of 2 hour Saturday meetings. That's (52x2x8) 832 hours of Boy Scouts, not including the week long camping trips, days spent on community service, and everything else that Boy Scouts entails.

It's been about a year since the last Boy Scout meeting, and I just realized how much I miss it. All the things that I've learned, all the effort I poured out, and all the memories that were made, continue to flood my mind.

Troop 206. Dragon Patrol.
From Scout to Tenderfoot to Second Class to First Class to Star to Life...Never made it to Eagle Scout. If you ask me why didn't I make it to Eagle, I will always say "because I went to missions, so I didn't have time to finish my Eagle project" it is just a cover up story for my laziness.
8 long, yet now it feels so short, years of Boy Scouts and I never made it. For some it takes 4 years, for those who desperately want it, it could be as short as 3 years. Not for me. Laziness was my roadblock. And I regret it, deeply regret it. I used to imagine my Court of Honor (the ceremony for becoming and Eagle) as something so amazing that I would remember it for the rest of my life...but it never came.

But I know that I've learned more from Boy Scouts than any other institution in my life. I've learned to be responsible, to be a man, to be a leader, to "Be prepared" (Scout Motto), to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. (Scout Law)

I had something else to say, but maybe i'll add more later.

But I'll end with this, when I first joined Boy Scouts, I hated it because I had to memorize Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout Motto, and Scout Slogan. Now all of this is ingrained on my mind, for now, and forever.

On my honor, I will do my best
to do my duty to God and my country
to obey the Scout Law, to help others at all times,
to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
-Scout Oath.