“FFA is just a club for farm kids and I don’t want to be around all of those kids.” This is something you might have heard me say back in 2014 when I first started high school here at Greeley County. I had no idea what FFA was actually about and it was actually extremely hypocritical of me to label anyone considering I grew up around and currently work in the agriculture industry, more specifically, farming. My freshman year I came in with the mentality “I am only in high school to wrestle in the winter and run track in the spring.” Not only was this a terrible mentality to have considering my family was paying a good chunk of change for me to go to high school here and as time went on my grades thoroughly began to reflect this mentality. My sophomore year rolled around and my school district brought on a new Ag teacher, Mrs. Reiss. As I enrolled in the fall of 2016, I selected Ag Comprehensive I S1 and II S2 because I wanted something “easy”. Well my searching for easy turned into finding out that I had just joined possibly the best class available at GCHS. Within the first week Mrs. Reiss began showing me and everyone in the class what FFA was actually about, she also mentioned these things called “CDE’s” that happen about every week. I immediately turned to my friend Logan and said “Hey, let’s join this to get out of class!” We went to CDEs and as I learned more about the organization. Through these events, I found out that this is something I truly love and that I am truly passionate about. That following April after thoroughly resetting my priorities I decided to run for a district office. With only 9 months of experience, I was elected the 2016-2017 Southwest District Vice President. Over my time in FFA, I have learned that the people in FFA are simply amazing and to this day, many of my best friends are in FFA. I learned that this is an organization that is about sooo much more than “cows, plows and sows.” There is nothing I love more than driving across my district and state, meeting members, talking to them, and promoting premier leadership whenever possible. Today, I am forever thankful for what Mrs. Reiss taught me about FFA. I also now have many friends who are now nearly my family members in this organization from around the great state of Kansas. If it wasn’t for FFA I would not be the person I am today. So I encourage you, if you are looking to “just get out of class” to look around and see if maybe this organization is more than you think. You may find out that you are in an organization that can take you further than you ever imagined. You may meet some people who later will become your best and closest friends who make your life better and might even save you when times are rough. You might learn that ag teachers may need to take a special driving education course and possibly question your safety on the road at times. So I encourage you, do not join FFA just to “get out of class” join FFA to change this industry. Join FFA to promote and grow premiere leadership. Join FFA to change your life. Forever thankful and beneath the rising sun- Noah A. Ochsner Southwest Kansas District FFA President 2017-18 [email protected] Shout out to all of these amazing people that make my life a whole 100% better! Copyright 2017 Southwest Kansas FFA District.
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