I am currently a Life Scout. I am working on many merit badges and my eagle project so I can meet my deadline. One of the websites that I'm using to assist myself is www.scouting.org I'm looking up the requirements for each merit badge so I can complete them. Here is a picture of me in my uniform:

Last Post

The year is wrapping up, the AP tests are all over and kids around the world are rejoicing, and many are already on summer vacation, however we at Westmont still have a 11 days left of school.  All the seniors are having their last days at Westmont and are thinking about college next year, and surprisingly so am I, somewhat, I got accepted to the Middle College program, I will not be attending Westmont next year, so this is also my last year at Westmont, and my last 11 days as a student there, so in the event that I do not see any of you ever again after this school year is over, Good bye and farewell, I wish most of you a happy rest of your life.

Autopsy

I would like to be a lab technologist or a pathologist(the people who perform autopsies). I would like to pursue this career because I think it would be interesting to figure out how someone died.  The pay isn't spectacular  but the job is one that doesn't have much completion.  The murder rate is on an incline, so the job requires more workers, but few people think about this occupation.  It is a solid job, it takes a while to work your way up to it, but once you're to it, you're almost guaranteed  to keep it.  It would be nice to be involved in a job behind the scenes where few people go, or think about.

P.E. Teacher

Ever since middle school, I've considered being a P.E. teacher.  I had interest in this profession because I liked my P.E. teachers. I had Mr. Harris, then Mr. Stapes, and lastly Mr. Poppinga. I thought they were all cool teachers, and they were the teachers I trusted the most. If I ever had an issue, I knew I could talk to one of them. I knew they cared, and I wanted to grow up and do the same, I wanted to be someone that cared and could be there to help, someone people could trust, someone that people could look up to.  But the one issue I always had with P.E. teachers is they never pushed us hard enough, we could go as fast or as slow on the mile as we wanted, and the mile was only once a week approximately. If I were a P.E. teacher, I'd make the mile daily. I'd make it a class people'd have to try during in order to pass, I wouldn't care if people wore P.E. clothes, as long as they could run the mile in under 7 minutes, whatever they are wearing is acceptable, I'd recommend that people wear P.E. clothing because it's easier to run a 7 minute mile in the correct clothing than in street clothing. But most important, I'd try to make it a fun class!

Traveling with little to nothing

Today I'm going to talk about something different, I'm talking about traveling around the World/America for a year or so after high school.  It would be like running away from home, except with parental consent.   It sounds appealing to leave and have practically nothing except what you pack with you.  Its like hitting bottom, having no obligations, no one to tell you what to do, and nothing to hold you back.  Having a lot of stuff holds people back.  If you have a lot to lose then you are less likely to do something to jeopardize it, and thus you will will not be living life on the edge, you will be living life boringly, I'm not saying you won't be happy, and have fun.  If you have very little to lose, then you are more free to play life riskily because if you lose then you don't lose much.  So if you do go traveling with little to nothing right after high school, then you can always come back home with Mom and Dad after you do end up losing it all, so it's like a safe version of hitting bottom.  And thus concludes my little rant that I call a blog.

Optimistic Views

Well I know this is early and doesn't have to do anything with having a job or anything, but this post is just a little hopeful thought of the day.  I hope those Mayans were off by a little and the world ends before finals that would be exceedingly helpful and cool Sincerely a student taking 7 classes in total and 4 of them are AP's

Lumberjack

The job of being a Lumberjack has crossed my mind a few times.  One of my friends is a lumberjack and he recommended it to me.  He said he could take me one day and show me the ropes, but the lumberjack place ended up being really far away so I couldn't go.  Then a couple of weeks ago, someone said I could be a lumberjack and it reminded me of this whole thing.  The friend of mine who is the lumberjack said that lumberjacking is a fun job that pays well and doesn't require too much brain power, just strength, so it sounds like a perfect job for those days of feeling lazy and not wanting to do mental work. Another advantage of lumberjacking is that when you get home at the end of the day, that's it.  It doesn't bother you anymore until the next day, but for some other jobs, they stay on your mind for the whole day because they require your brain.  The idea of getting home and just being able to relax and not worry about work anymore is very appealing, because I hate getting home and having to worry about school the next day.