Our Story Parliamentary procedure is a term that usually has people scratching their heads. Every time the word escapes my mouth, people tend to give me a bewildered expression and ask, “What is parliamentary procedure?”
I always reply in the simplest form I know, “It’s the official way to run a business meeting.” I started learning parliamentary procedure in ninth grade, getting thrown on a team, a month before state. The rest of the team were all upperclassmen; they were masters of parliamentary procedure, mostly for the reason that they had been doing it for five years. We placed second at state. That is nothing to be ashamed of, but there was more; first place was calling my name. We started over the following year and climbed our way …show more content…
Our team also needed a new chairman, and I snatched the part. At the 87th annual Florida FFA State Convention, my team stole the stage. All I wanted was to win. We had the talent, but it would take heart. We were a team, however we didn’t act as a team. This competition would either make us or break us. We were prepared to win. The first item on our agenda at state happened to be the test, which consisted of twenty-five, nit-picky inquiries relating to parliamentary procedure and laws. Subsequently, the scores were posted, and we found out that we had the highest test scores by five; that is almost a question per member ahead. We continued through the preliminaries, impressing everyone who watched. Even the judges made a point to tell us that we were the best by far in our flight. Our team advanced to the Finals Hall. When we drew the number, that decided the order in which the teams were to go on stage, we drew number three. Furthermore, we had to wait an hour in the holding room, waiting for our turn, thinking about what was happening in the other room and what we were …show more content…
I dreaded what was ahead. We all piled into the holding room; it was the last hour before we found out who was the rightful winner of the state. It felt as if we waited forever. Before we knew it, we were backstage about to go on in front of thousands of people; with the camera trained on my face as they announced the results. My heart was about to drop, and I uttered the words, “I can’t do
I always reply in the simplest form I know, “It’s the official way to run a business meeting.” I started learning parliamentary procedure in ninth grade, getting thrown on a team, a month before state. The rest of the team were all upperclassmen; they were masters of parliamentary procedure, mostly for the reason that they had been doing it for five years. We placed second at state. That is nothing to be ashamed of, but there was more; first place was calling my name. We started over the following year and climbed our way …show more content…
Our team also needed a new chairman, and I snatched the part. At the 87th annual Florida FFA State Convention, my team stole the stage. All I wanted was to win. We had the talent, but it would take heart. We were a team, however we didn’t act as a team. This competition would either make us or break us. We were prepared to win. The first item on our agenda at state happened to be the test, which consisted of twenty-five, nit-picky inquiries relating to parliamentary procedure and laws. Subsequently, the scores were posted, and we found out that we had the highest test scores by five; that is almost a question per member ahead. We continued through the preliminaries, impressing everyone who watched. Even the judges made a point to tell us that we were the best by far in our flight. Our team advanced to the Finals Hall. When we drew the number, that decided the order in which the teams were to go on stage, we drew number three. Furthermore, we had to wait an hour in the holding room, waiting for our turn, thinking about what was happening in the other room and what we were …show more content…
I dreaded what was ahead. We all piled into the holding room; it was the last hour before we found out who was the rightful winner of the state. It felt as if we waited forever. Before we knew it, we were backstage about to go on in front of thousands of people; with the camera trained on my face as they announced the results. My heart was about to drop, and I uttered the words, “I can’t do