Personal Narrative: My Involvement With Business Professionals Of America

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The past four years I have been involved with Business Professionals of America (BPA) which is a business related organization. In this club you go to regionals and compete in a business related event. Every year in BPA I have went to states for torch awards. My senior year I was the parliamentarian of the club. Through this organization I have learned about life outside of school in a career like environment and I have learned how to communicate with different types of

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