1) What kinds of experiences have you had? My education is not limited to just my bookwork. On top of English, Science, Math, and recently Geography and History, I have danced since I was 8 years old. This I've counted as my PE for a long time. Since my first class in Fallon, dancing has grown to be my favorite activity. I have started volunteer teaching at Just For Kicks, and am also hoping to be taken on as a paid teacher next year.
Joining BSA four years ago opened up more opportunities for me. The variety of merit badges has let me explore different "mini-courses" I guess they would be called. Among them are computers, animal sciences, and photography.
2) How much choice have you had over your own studies? When I first started school, I didn't have a great choice over my courses because of the curriculum. Once I started KONOS, I have had a much greater choice in what I wanted to dig deeper in.
Dance and Scouts have also given me choices in education. I choose which classes I want to take (which happens to be just about every on of them) and which merit badges I do.
3) Has your education been traditional, non-traditional, or a mixture of both? I would say my education has been a mixture. I don't have all the classes the kids in public school have, and now that I'm in KONOS, my learning for English is in a round-about way.
4) What direction do you see yourself taking in the future; are you preparing for college or university in the future? I see myself at this point hopefully heading to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. I want to join as an officer and hopefully as a computer programmer/tech dude.
