Life-Long Learning:
The Really Valuable Experiences in My Life
Ramphis Alamo
Professor Osayimwense Osa
July 9, 2006
Life-Long Learning:
The Really Valuable Experiences in My Life
I have many experiences in life that molded my character and enriched all the values that my parents instilled on me. I have three particular experiences that I would like to share with everybody. In the following paper I will share my experiences, starting from my childhood, early twenties and present. When I was a child my parents introduced me to scouting. I had no idea of what it consisted of or even of the impact that it will make in my life. While being a member of the Cub Scouts, I participated on many events through out my entire childhood and teen age years. The Cub Scouts thought me many traits, responsibility and how to be a team player. Unfortunately, the program had an aged limit. I had to leave it at the age of 18, but not before giving me the will to look for something similar or bigger. I wanted to do something that will occupy my time to benefit not only the children but society. Looking for another organization or something big to belong to I became a sport instructor at one of the most prestigious sport campuses in Puerto Rico. Today this sport complex is called “Ciudad Deportiva Roberto Clemente” (Roberto Clemente Sport City). Years later I decide it to be part of something even bigger, to serve my country. The military gave me another life time experience, two one year tour in a country of need, Iraq. This experiences has profound my values, character and expectations of life.
My parents have contributed enormously to the person that I am today and my fundamentals. At the age of seven I was introduced to a local Cub Scout troop in Puerto Rico. Scouting is a family program full of fun and adventure. This program is designed to build character and to instilled values to young boys. Cub Scouting embraces the values of...