When I first arrived in August I expected 7th grade to be a lot harder then it actually was. I expected to solve massive multistep problems but it was really just the same as 6th grade. We came to school had four classes, went to lunch, had three more classes, and left. It was the same old thing. By October I had completely settled in to the schedule. I made it to all of my classes on time. I knew what was going on and I had great grades.

Eventually though things just started to get harder and harder. We started to do those multistep problems I expected. Things began to get harder and we started learning more complicated things. The amount of homework increased and I began to feel swamped. Even though things got harder I learned a few things. I learned how to do algebra and learned how to create graphs. I also learned to avoid popular people, if you want to keep your sanity.

My favorite class over the year was English class because it had little to no homework and had a great teacher.
If I could do the entire year over again I would have worked harder on my assignments. The advice I give to next years 7th grenadiers is to follow the rules and do your work. Make it easier on your fellow students and follow the rules.

In Boy Scouts leadership is everything. Without good leadership the troop cannot function or carry out orders. To bad for us there was no good leader for miles!

Almost everyone in the troop was either a crazy person or didn’t want to lead. One of our leaders decided it was a good idea to pour bacon grease into the fire! I almost got set on fire by that idiot. An other problem was all out laziness. Some of the leaders would put their feet up and expect things to just happen. While our leader sat around we nothing got done because there was no one to tell us what to do.

When we got a good leader everything goes smooth as a well greased eel. Things got done in an orderly and timely manner. Everyone was happy and more willing to work act do required tasks. Good leaders were the life blood of out troop. Sometimes though, even good leaders let things slip.

During our best patrol leaders term one of the scouts ( who’s name I will not name to preserve his dignity) had his tent and sleeping bag filled with pork chops and spices. Even the best of our leaders could not find who did it and no one was convicted of the crime.

After the pork chop vandalism there was also a fight, further proving that even good leaders mess up. It was important that we had a good leader but we rarely did. This was the leadership situation in my Boy Scout troop.