Hello again, My name is Andrew and I'm in Dr. Swinehart's 5th period World Literature class. Tonight (November 16, 2017) is a big night for me. My troop is holding it's Fall Court of Honor, the ceremony where all of the Scouts receive their awards, merit badges, and rank advancements from summer camp, or whenever they completed them. Tonight is a ridiculously big night for me in particular because I am receiving my Life advancement, eight different merit badges (three of which being Eagle- required), and at least two awards which I did not even know I was getting until my dad told me I completed them earlier this week. At the committee meeting last Thursday, my Scoutmaster told my dad that, "next Thursday is going to be the Andrew Dunkel show." My next Court of Honor is going to be sometime this spring, but I don't think that I will have completed everything for Eagle by then, so I might have to wait until next fall's. Even if I do have to wait until th
Throughout my sophomore year, I am going to try and accomplish the final rank of the Boy Scouts: Eagle. I will have to overcome several obstacles including my final three merit badges, my Eagle project, and the Board of Review where a board of Scout leaders judge my progress and ultimately decide if I've earned it.