Just a Random Poem

My Own Personal Rain-Cloud

Sometimes useful sometimes not
Keeps me cool on the hot days
Never lets me get a sunburn
Never lets me get a tan either
Keeps me always in the shade
Sometimes useful sometimes not

Jess and The American FFA Degree

Previously a I mentioned Jess receiving The American FFA Degree but I didn't talk much about it. So here it is, the description of The American FFA Degree.

In order to earn the The American FFA Degree She had to earn the State Degree and have completed 3 years of secondary education in an agricultural program (540 hours). And either one year of post secondary education or completed the program in the last school attended. You must also have graduated 12 months previous to the convention at which the award will be received. you have to complete a SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) during which you must have earned at least 1,500 and worked 2,250 hours outside of school. Also graduated from high school with a "C" or better.

For her SAE Jess raised and slaughtered twelve Turkeys and helped raise Albino Catfish. She sold the Turkeys for Thanksgiving. She received them at only a few days old in the summer and raised them till just before Thanksgiving. She entered three of her Turkeys into a contest, one of them weighed 24 pounds.

Only about six tenths of a percent of FFA members receive the American FFA Degree.

For more detailed information about the requirements.

Greatness and Fame

So I went to Indianapolis this last week with my wife where she recieved her FFA American Degree which is quite the accomplishment, but that is another story.

So anyways while we were there we heard a key note speaker that made a comment that really struck me. He said that being famous is about what you get and being great is about what you give. I had never heard it put that way but it made a great deal of sense. The Famous people of the world recieve all sorts of attention, money, and gifts. The great people of the world give these things to those that need them. Men like Gahndi, Joseph Smith, and so many others throughout history have given all that they had to help people in need.