Personal Narrative: My Career As An FFA Student

One day, I wanted to be a Physical Therapist and the next I wanted to be a dentist. After a painstaking process, I was led to the idea of becoming a teacher. When I was younger, I swore I would never teach, as

I became an FFA Officer at the be of my sophomore year. It happened like this. It was the day of our chapter FFA banquet, the banquet had began, people started filling in and I started to get so nervous. It was in the commons or lunch room of our high school. This was my first ever FFA banquet, besides our area one.

List the Leadership Development Events that you have participated in. Explain your experience, and how it has helped you grow as an FFA member. I have participated in Radio Broadcasting and learned that FFA could lead me to my goal of being a successful adult. My experience in Radio Broadcasting has shown me how dedication and persistence could lead me to success. Every day my team and I practiced and ultimately, went to the Area contest.

I had ideas, but I didn’t have anything I was extremely passionate about yet. My junior year, while I was going through a rough patch in my life, I started to work at a daycare to get my mind off things and make a couple extra dollars. After only a couple shifts at the daycare, my passion was incredibly clear… teaching children. I was able to help children who needed me and it made me feel an incredible sense of worth at a time when I felt worthless. The way their problems were so small, the way they smile endlessly, and the way they were so innocent and untouched by the troubles of the world made me want to always be around them.

I am first generation college student. I started Florida Gulf Coast University four years after I migrated from Jamaica along with my Dad, in pursuits of “an opportunity”- something that is very scarce outside of the continental United States. Before coming to FGCU, I went to Miramar High School; I graduated with honors and promised my Dad that within four years I would bring home my bachelors degree in Finance. August 14th, 2013 marked move in day at Florida Gulf Coast University. My first few weeks at Florida Gulf Coast University introduced me to the dreariest days and nights of my life.

I first started thinking about college seriously two years ago. Last year was when I first heard about your college, Dallas Baptist University. It sounded too good to be true. A college close to my home, I could drive home every other weekend. You have good programs and degrees based off of my career interests.

For my Diverse Field Experience this semester, I spent fifteen hours at the Mclean County Juvenile Detention Center. This particular center was occupied by about 8-14 juveniles at a time, all depending on court dates and occupancy of other nearby detention centers. This center usually had 3 staff members working the shift every time I went, which was seven to nine on weekday afternoons. I was intrigued to go to at this time because I thought it would be the time of the day were the juveniles had no school work or other obligations to do while I was there. I wanted to see what they liked to do in the free time before bed, the only stipulation being mandatory snack time at eight pm.

My learnings this week is about letting myself play every now and then, how uncomfortable Hyde makes me, and that “failing” is more than a failure. On Tuesday I was able to help and participate twice in the workshop Devon Damonte planned for us. After the Monday before and the morning of left me feeling incredibly stressed this initially filled me with worry about how my peers would behave and how smoothly things were running. After meeting Devon and setting up I realized that he has a very kind and calming demeanor which seemed to rub off on everyone throughout the day as he talked about 16mm film and projectors.

When you think of the University of Florida, things such as football, orange and blue, and the Rowdy Reptiles are things that might come to mind. Agriculture probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind, but did you know that without agriculture, and a need to create a “farmer’s college” in the 19th century, that UF wouldn’t exist? As a product of the first “land grant” act in the age of Abraham Lincoln, UF’s roots were built on farming and home economics with the beginnings of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Today, UF is so much more than a farmer’s college, earning the moniker of “the Greatest University in the South,” and I am proud to be a part of it today. Since I was involved in agriculture as a kid through 4-H, FFA, and showing animals at the county fair, I always knew one day that I would be a Gator at the Florida’s premier college of agriculture.

I grew up in the Appalachian Mountains, with a rocky backyard. My brother and I came to discover that there were imprints in the sedimentary rocks. Looking for arrowheads was a pass time. This was my first experiences with fossils and artifacts. We found many different shapes within those rocks.

I joined the National FFA Organization March of my sophomore year in 2015. I didn't really know what I was getting myself into, just that my teacher needed another participant for the Vet Science CDE. I agreed to come to practice and eventually compete at the state contest. This was the beginning of my FFA career. We won the state contest, and worked through the summer to head to National Convention that fall and finish with a gold-rating.

The career that I want to go into would be counseling. I would want to be an elementary school counselor. I think that I would be good as a school counselor because I like helping kids, I can listen to what they have to say, and I can try to give them advice. I think this is the right career for me.

So we got to the stage they gave us a silver ribbon and a plaque. We were all so happy that we won something. Me and my friends were jumping in excitement and i thought we all did a great job in the show and it is best to never give up and do your best at

Next year at Embry-Riddle I plan start studying Cyber Intelligence and Security. Ever since middle school I knew I had a developing interest in the field of computer science and spent most of my time building the skills to excel in my classes. One of the first projects I got to use the computer on was a video for the Oregon Trail. I decided that it would be best to design an advertisement to showcase the facts in a new and creative way. When my group turned the project in, and it was shown to the class my teacher rewrote the assignment according to what we did and used it as an example of great work when recruiting new people.

The one-on--one interaction with the leader made me capable of coming up with ideas without feeling afraid or being