"You will never forget your senior year", "So much is about to change", "Do not take it for granted", "Take pictures so you will remember it".
These are things a senior hears all throughout their senior year, but as an FFA meeting everyday becomes a "the last heifer I'll show", "my last competition", "the last time I say my opening ceremony". As for each day closer to our end of the year banquet it got sadder and sadder. I chose ABAC as my college of choice and started looking around for clubs to join-since-- I cannot just do only school work. I found out my school was blessed enough to have a collegiate FFA chapter. I was immediately interested in it, and went to the first meeting. Although this chapter was not the same as a high school one I knew it was meant for me. I ran for office that next week and was elected Historian. I soon came to realize all of the great things we can do in college through FFA. Although we cannot compete in competitions or show livestock, but we can help host competitions, we host our very own Winter Hog Show in February, and we attend National and State Conventions. I am an Ag Ed major therefore seeing this side of the FFA world allows me to prepare for my time as a teacher and FFA advisor. I get to see more of a budget of the chapter, I get to communicate with other chapter advisors, talk to more future Ag teachers, and start getting to know the important people in the field. Collegiate FFA has been such a blessing through my first year of college. College is stressful all by itself, but its even more stressful when you do not have a group of friends or a support system. The Collegiate FFA gives you fun and interesting meetings, and a group of kids that have the same passion you do about the FFA. Some of my best friends I have made my frst year of high school are in the Collegiate FFA with me. I would not trade my experience with high school FFA or Collegiate FFA. There are so many experiences you cannot get just anywhere, and that is where FFA is different from other organizations.
