country‚” Boy Scouts of America. One of the most prominent and shaping factors in my life (Boy Scouts) I took for granted for the first few years of scouts. Twelve years in the making I finally achieved it‚ the rank of Eagle Scout. Sometimes being dragged to the meetings as a regular Boy Scout‚ I despised it in the beginning‚ being criticized by my peers for partaking in the organization deterred me from Scouts. I fought tooth and nail with my parents for years complaining about Boy Scouts‚ not realizing
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People often become a part of the discourse community‚ knowingly or unknowingly in their life. There are a lot of scenarios and examples of us becoming the part of the discoursed community. Specific organizations‚ particularly- cultural‚ social‚ regional or profession oriented organizations have their specific norms‚ values and ideas and may differ from the individual knowledge and familiarity and hence these scenarios becomes a discourse community for that individual. For me‚ the logos‚ pathos and
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traditions”(Newton D Baker). Through exploring the history‚ power structure‚ slang words‚ rushing process‚ membership obligation‚ the way Phi Gamma Delta members dress‚ and how students who are not in a fraternity see the members. We will see how this discourse community can seem bias to outsiders. Phi Gamma Delta was founded on May 1‚ 1848 by six men who graduated from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. The Phi Gamma Delta Chapter‚ nicknamed Fiji or Phi Gam by the members‚ has a hundred and thirteen chapters
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I have been involved in Scouts for 10 years. I started as a tiger cub in Pack 135. Because of the support I have gotten from those around me‚ I have persevered through the years and ranks to Life Scout in Troop 135. In fact‚ I am about 2 months away from achieving the highly regarded rank of Eagle Scout. My involvement has given me many amazing experiences‚ cherished memories‚ and lifelong friends. Through the Scouting
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Did you know that there are four types of discourse communities? There’s the professional community‚ which is your job‚ career or working environment. Your social communities are your friends and family. The civic community is the clubs‚ hobbies and extracurricular activities you attend to or participate in. The last one is your cultural group‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ environment cultures all play into this one. My discourse community happens to be a mix of all four of these. I am a competitive dancer
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The Radioactive Boy Scout Silverstein‚ Ken The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor (2005) . I chose this book on many accounts not the least of those being that I heard everyone talking about it in class. I also was intrigued about this book based upon the synopsis that I read in wikipedia. Which explained it well enough to catch my eye and investigate the story to see if I liked which ultimately I had a fine time reading it. I also enjoy
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What do you think about the Boy Scouts? Is it about how they are all losers that learn knots. To me it was more than that. I made a lot of friends during scouts‚ and learned many skills. This is the story of my scouting experience‚ and how it improved me as a person. From my Cub scout experience to the Eagle scout project done in my Junior summer. I joined Cub Scouts in first grade‚ and I enjoyed it very much. It was something I could see myself doing for the rest of my time in school. We had activities
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In 1978 James Dale‚ at the age of eight‚ became a member of the Boys Scouts and since then he became an active member of the organization. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout and in 1989 he decided to apply for the adult membership for the Boys Scouts. Everything went well and he was granted with the adult membership. Later on he attended college and became open about his sexuality declaring himself homosexual and in addition to this he became copresident of the Lesbian/Homosexual Alliance of his
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I am heavily involved in Boy Scouts and have always been told that I should strive for my best. Since then‚ I have done everything I could to lead and learn. In my troop we were running low on active membership‚ on average we only had about 10 boys coming to weekly meetings and as the senior youth member I had to find some way get our numbers up. I reached out and took the initiative to try and increase our numbers. From building new members up to having a one-on-one relationship with each youth
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to communicate better‚ I decided to face my fears and become a great communicator. I figured that by joining the Boy Scouts I could face my fear of speaking head on‚ while also learning to bond with others and improve my social skills. After all‚ I thought‚ what better way to learn to connect with others than by joining them camping‚ hunting‚ and doing “guy” stuff. Yet‚ Boy Scouts was more than just fun “guy stuff”‚ it was meant to build leaders. Therefore the Scoutmaster‚ seeing my
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