By Destinee Davis
What is “S.L.L.C”, my brother asked me when I got home from a three day long conference. I just brushed him off and told him that it was a FFA conference and it was really fun, but it was way more than that. The three day long conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is chocked full of workshops, leadership opportunities, community service , and who can forget… the legislative process.
What is “S.L.L.C”, my brother asked me when I got home from a three day long conference. I just brushed him off and told him that it was a FFA conference and it was really fun, but it was way more than that. The three day long conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is chocked full of workshops, leadership opportunities, community service , and who can forget… the legislative process.
Now to most
people, that doesn’t seem very fun, but as I returned from my third time going
to S.L.L.C. I beg to differ. After the four a.m. wake up and probably four hour
s.u.v. drive we finally arrived for our first day at around noon Sunday. We
went straight into workshops that explained parliamentary procedure, table
manners, and how the legislative process is used. All of these tasks we would
be using throughout the next two days.
After the workshops, we dove right into our first bill. The groups start off small then work up to a conference from full of people, simulating how a bill starts off small and makes many changes throughout the process all the way up to the room which is filled with the majority and minority groups. We ate a very delicious dinner then went right back to it to discuss different bills until almost eleven at night. That followed into the next morning until we were shipped off into Lycoming County to volunteer at the Jubilee Ministries (http://www.jub.org/) for a few hours. We cleaned and raked and helped the place look a little better. By working with the organization we found out exactly what they do and how by having a thrift shop they are able to raise over a third of their budget just through thrift shops. We came back to a super fun dance (and a hilarious mishap from Allegheny County) and finally got to drop dead back into the beds for a wink of sleep and up at it again in the morning. Our six a.m. check out time came very fast and we were packed and our way to the Raddison to eat a very formal breakfast with our state legislators, the people to get to do the legislative process in real life. There was a few speakers and after a group picture, it was over. My last FFA conference with my amazing friends and FFA family was gone in a flash. Now all thats left is the knowledge and memories of the fun we had.
After the workshops, we dove right into our first bill. The groups start off small then work up to a conference from full of people, simulating how a bill starts off small and makes many changes throughout the process all the way up to the room which is filled with the majority and minority groups. We ate a very delicious dinner then went right back to it to discuss different bills until almost eleven at night. That followed into the next morning until we were shipped off into Lycoming County to volunteer at the Jubilee Ministries (http://www.jub.org/) for a few hours. We cleaned and raked and helped the place look a little better. By working with the organization we found out exactly what they do and how by having a thrift shop they are able to raise over a third of their budget just through thrift shops. We came back to a super fun dance (and a hilarious mishap from Allegheny County) and finally got to drop dead back into the beds for a wink of sleep and up at it again in the morning. Our six a.m. check out time came very fast and we were packed and our way to the Raddison to eat a very formal breakfast with our state legislators, the people to get to do the legislative process in real life. There was a few speakers and after a group picture, it was over. My last FFA conference with my amazing friends and FFA family was gone in a flash. Now all thats left is the knowledge and memories of the fun we had.
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