[Cow Bell Solo]

I am an Eagle Scout and will always be an Eagle scout like all the others on here.

On the path to Eagle and with FIRST like others have mentioned that there is a bit of overlap. Sure scouts may be more focused with outdoor activities to teach life skills, but those life skills are used outside of those outdoors. FIRST strengthened some of the ability's and skills that I was taught in scouts. I definitely had a lot of leadership experience with FIRST and working as a team which is really important to have that experience and the ability to try something no matter how crazy it could be, if you have success you were successful, if you have failure you were still successful, just found out a way that doesn't work.

Being in college now I have come across many Eagles and many situations where things I have learned in scouts and in FIRST have come in very handy.

If your on your path toward Eagle, keep at it, I know you've heard that it is a great thing to have and that it helps you in life, but it Truly does and you see that more and more every day your an Eagle.

If you aren't in scouts don't let that discourage you, don't be afraid to find a troop near you even though you haven't been involved from the beginning. Also don't let this thread discourage you from doing great things as everyone has the ability to, especially with you being in FIRST you are already doing great things and learning so much that you don't even know it til you need to use it