There has been many times in my life where I felt I tried my very best at what I was doing. I have lived on a farm all my life and was active in FFA throughout high school. Being in FFA brings about lots of opportunities where a person can compete in a contest and try their best. I was involved in one such contest where I thought I did my best.
My junior year in high school I was pushed by one of my teachers to be in a contest with three others on my team. The contest we were involved in wasn't one of the easiest contest where you could just go to and win. It took a lot of time and preparation in order to even place in the top ten. Not only did we have to study, but the contest was in the summer which made it even harder to want to study, yet somehow I was able to study.
The contest we were going to go to was a very complicated one. There were many different parts and many different areas that we had to cover. I didn't know much about the contest beforehand so I had to adjust to all the different materials and various ways of studying for contest. The closer it came towards the contest the more we were pushed to study by our teacher.
When the contest came around it was much harder then we all thought because we have never been there before including our teacher so we had to adjust quite a bit to everything. During the contest I made sure I gave all my effort in the hope that we would win the contest and in the end we actually ended up being state champions and were lucky enough to compete against the rest of the nation. This made me feel pretty happy that it wasn't all for nothing.
This contest not only gave me a good study habit and a sense of achievement, but it also helped me find what I wanted to do the rest of my life and now I am actually majoring in that area. I feel as though this contest prepared me for college because it took a lot of time studying for this contest and thats about the same as it is in college. Without studying you fall behind and you fall behind fast.
This prepared me for not only college, but also life in general in a way that if you put in the work and try your best at something, no matter what happens, you will get good results in the end. Overall, this little contest helped me in many ways in which I thought could never happen.
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I was also on the team so know what it was like and how it helped me prepare for college and life in general.
ReplyDeleteI was never involved in FFA but a lot of my friends were and they made it sound like so much fun, but I would definitly not have been able to study in the summer like you!
ReplyDeleteI remember doing FFA contests but never did anywhere near as well as you did. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteFFA is a great teacher of the ways of life. That's awesome you made it to the National level!
ReplyDeleteI never did get involved with FFA, but some of my friends were and they all said how fun it was. I am sure that it is a great way to learn study habits and how to work hard for something
ReplyDeleteThat sounds really interesting, what kind of contest was it? And, I'm pretty sure no one in FFA from my school ever made it to any national level competitions... So awesome job, sounds like you worked incredibly hard!
ReplyDeleteThats great that your study habits improved, and you were more prepared for college through your FFA contest. In the end you ended up being state champions! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting. What did you have to study for in this contest?? And that is great that you acquired good study skills through this experience. Way to excel in your contest!
ReplyDeleteI was never in FFA but knew some people who were and know how committed they were to it. Winning state and making it to the national level in anything is an incredible accomplishment. Sounds like you did a great job.
ReplyDeleteIt is an amazing feeling to look back on your accomplishments after all the hard work that went into it. Keep that in mind here at ISU because the harder you work, the better off you will be in the end
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome. Im not sure what the FFA is but its great that you are involved in that.
ReplyDeleteMentors are a good way to get advice especially with interviews.
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