The Influence Of FFA Reform

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Failure is part of human nature, but no one expects it to happen to them. I especially didn’t think that failure would happen to me one night in May of 2015. This particular night was my sophomore year FFA banquet. The year prior I was honored with being the 2014-2015 chapter FFA historian. On this night I just knew I was going to be reelected. After all the basic awards had been given out it was time for the announcement of the new officer team. They went through the list and there was only one thing left, president. Knowing that I was the only remaining past officer, I knew I was the new chapter president. Then what came next hit me like a ton of bricks. Someone else was called for the president role. I was crushed. How could this be? As

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