Jake Midgett's Strengths

Jake Midgett            English            November 11, 2013

                        What I Bring to the Table

Hard working, leadership, and ingenuity are all very important qualities and characteristics that will help you in life and those qualities and characteristics are what I possess. I have brought all of these characteristics and qualities to SOAR this year. It is hard to maintain these qualities with your peers that you are around twenty-four-seven, but it is manageable.

Starting my first year at SOAR I was excited and nervous, but I now realize that there was nothing to be nervous about. Doing your role, school work, or job is easy, but putting hard work into it is the harder part. I always put effort and hard work into whatever job, role, or my school work. I do this because when someone sees how good of a job I did I will say to myself “yeah that was me!” A way being a hard worker has helped me through tough times on expedition is when I get ahead on school work in the van because not only do I get ahead in that school subject, but I also will have more free time later.

Next, I came to SOAR being able to lead people. I was really excited to test my leadership skills with my peers because I am trying to be more assertive than bossy. Every time I practice leadership skills is a learning experience because I try out different ideas. One way being a leader has helped me through tough times is when we were setting up tents in the dark and it was pretty cold out; I asked my team to set up tents with me instead of having them set up tents themselves.

            Lastly, I brought ingenuity to SOAR. I have a lot of ingenuity because I love to problem solve so it is like a game of chess to me and I love to analyze situations. Ingenuity comes in handy for just about everything! I have used my ingenuity to fix and set up tents.

            In conclusion, I have a lot of qualities that I have, can, and will share while I am at SOAR. I am proud to have obtained all of these qualities in the past. I look forward to continue to use them to the best of my abilities in school, work, and while I am at home. I am glad that my parents have taught me to be a leader, a hard worker, and to use my ingenuity.