Why I Should Be Elected FFA Area 4 Officer

Raising Show Goats Hello, I am asking you to support me as a competent and credible candidate -- who should be given strong consideration for FFA Area 4 Officer. And why do I believe I am qualified for this position? That's a fair question. For one thing I learn very quickly and I understand how to get things done with the cooperation of the people around me. That's called leadership.

For another, with a little research using that amazing digital tool called Google, I learned how to raise goats on my own. My dad says that reflects that I am a resourceful person. Thirdly -- since I have been hired by a professional goat breeder two years after starting my own show goat project -- does that verify that I am skilled self-starter? But enough about me.

Speaking of Google, as I was preparing for this speech I used the search engine to see what people were saying online about raising goats. Wow, I had no idea how brilliant some of the online information is about goats. But wait, first, here's a good story to get you in a good goat mood. A cowboy lost his favorite Bible while mending fences out in the pasture. About three weeks after losing it, a goat saunters up to him with the bible in its mouth.

Stunned, the cowboy couldn't believe what he was seeing. He pulled the book from the goat's mouth and looked up into the blue sky and shouted, "It's a miracle!" "Not really," said the goat. "Your name is written on the inside cover." Okay -- hang in there with me - here's another for you. A cop sees a man driving a car with a goat riding shotgun. "What are you doing with that goat?" he asks.

"Hey, you should take it to the zoo." The driver says "okay" and drives off. The next week the same cop sees the same man with the same goat riding shotgun, only this time they both are wearing sunglasses. After pulling the driver over, the policeman says, "I thought I told you to take that goat where it belongs, to the zoo." The driver said, "Oh, I did.

And we had such a good time we're heading to the beach this weekend." Pretty corny, the? Ok let's take a look at what came up on Google when I typed in "Raising Show Goats." The first one I got is "Ten Tips for Showing Goats," by Cheryl Smith. For example, she says, "PRACTICE WALKING WITH YOUR GOAT BEFORE the SHOW." Duh! That's like saying, before you brush your teeth, put toothpaste on your brush.

or, it's like saying, before you drive away, turn the ignition key to start the engine. Hey - of course I rehearse walking my goats before I show them. They are always well trained and cooperative because I have learned how to work with them. Here's another from Ms.

Smith: "THOROUGHLY CLEAN and GROOM YOUR GOAT BEFORE the SHOW." Are you kidding me? This is advice to a person who raises show goats? Hey, might as well tell me before I go to school to put my left shoe on my left foot and my.