First Choice- Fire
I am very proud of myself to say I made a fire without a lighter or fluid. I did it caveman style, using only sticks, a couple of rocks, and some lint. I had volunteered to help my cousin out with girl scouts. One day we went to someone's house who had a large backyard. All of us girls gathered around the instructor to watch her build a fire. She was teaching us how to build a fire and set up. She was going to teach us how to start the fire with a couple rocks, sticks, and some lint or light materials. As we watched her show us step by step how to do it we made mental notes. We were assigned a partner, I got my cousin, and we were told to build a fire. We found two good rocks, some sticks, and we took some lint off of a palm tree. After setting it up with sticks and lint we were supposed to catch on fire. We could have easily cheated with a lighter but you wouldn't learn anything. So we hit and rubbed the two rocks together until we got a spark. Once we got a spark the lint caught on fire and moved to the sticks creating our survival fire. The point of this was to learn good survival skills in case your in the middle of no where. If you need a fire now you know how to make one to help you out. You can use it to keep warm or cook yourself a dinner. I am proud to know I can now use natural resources to save my life if I ever need to. I am also very proud to say I made a fire all on my own and I have the pride to say I can do it.
Second Choice- Changing a tire
Another accomplishment of my choice is I learned how to change a tire. My dad taught me and showed me how to do it. Ever driver should know how to do this in case anything happens. If your in the middle of nowhere with a flat, this would definitely come in handy.
It's actually pretty easy, all you need is a spare tire, a jack, and a tire iron. You must make sure the tire iron matches the lug nuts on your wheel. Make sure all of these things are intact and can be used.
First, you must loosen the lug nuts before you jack the car off the ground. Then you need to place the jack underneath a solid part of the car's frame, not under the floorboards. Just lift the car up enough to where the tire's not touching the ground and can be removed, about 3 inches. Then finish loosening the lug nuts and take each one of them off and remove the wheel entirely. Immediately replace the flat tire with the spare and start putting the lug nuts back on, but don't tighten them all the way. It could knock the car off of the jack because of the pressure. Once your done lowering the car back onto the ground then finish tightening the lug nuts securely. Now you have finished changing a flat tire.
Doing this lesson with my dad not only helped me learn something but we became closer as well. I'm proud to say I know how to change a tire and if I get into trouble with a flat then I know how to fix it. This taught me a great life lesson that everyone should know, no matter who you are.
It's actually pretty easy, all you need is a spare tire, a jack, and a tire iron. You must make sure the tire iron matches the lug nuts on your wheel. Make sure all of these things are intact and can be used.
First, you must loosen the lug nuts before you jack the car off the ground. Then you need to place the jack underneath a solid part of the car's frame, not under the floorboards. Just lift the car up enough to where the tire's not touching the ground and can be removed, about 3 inches. Then finish loosening the lug nuts and take each one of them off and remove the wheel entirely. Immediately replace the flat tire with the spare and start putting the lug nuts back on, but don't tighten them all the way. It could knock the car off of the jack because of the pressure. Once your done lowering the car back onto the ground then finish tightening the lug nuts securely. Now you have finished changing a flat tire.
Doing this lesson with my dad not only helped me learn something but we became closer as well. I'm proud to say I know how to change a tire and if I get into trouble with a flat then I know how to fix it. This taught me a great life lesson that everyone should know, no matter who you are.