I wanted to finish this little series of posts by talking about what I learned while away at the 2015 World Scout Jamboree in Japan. This could be the toughest one to properly talk about because they say, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Granted I am neither particularly old nor a dog, but there were days, let me tell you. To better understand some of the learnings, let me break down the actual trip into its major component parts: Days 1 – 4 Travel and a pre-camp in Hong Kong Day 5 Travel from Hong Kong to Fukuoka Japan (and jamboree site) Days 6 – 16 World Scout Jamboree Days 17 – 19 Home stay […]
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World Scout Jamboree – Awesome Adventure Pt. 2
As you may have noted in my previous post, the physical demands of the World Scout Jamboree were somewhat extreme (at least to me). But I did prevail. That leads me to talking about how the way I think changed due to the jamboree (what I learned will come after although it is related to this post). So, how my thinking changed. First of all, I’ve never been in an environment quite so multi-cultural before. Granted, Calgary is an international city (I may have mentioned before how on any given day I hear more than a dozen different languages spoken by residents) but it isn’t quite so international as the jamboree. There were something like 143 countries and territories attending […]
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