FBLA-Personal Narrative Analysis

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At that moment I knew it was all over. I sat on the edge of my seat and covered my eyes. Third place, nothing, Second place, nothing. The tears in my eyes started welling up. First place, nothing. A few tears ran down my face. I stood up and walked out of the conference room. I had just lost. Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is an amazing organization that I am glad to of been apart of. When I joined, FBLA as a high school junior I never realized the loyalty it can cause in a person.A great thing about FBLA is its competitions. At the district level, I competed in two written tests, Computer Applications and Business Communications. Once the award ceremony started, I began to get nervous. I remember just sitting there thinking I …show more content…

No one said Jessica Quay, but why? I thought I did pretty well. I started to think I did not win anything that day. However, things quickly changed as the Computer Applications awards were right after. I was already feeling defeated and did not want to go through the miserable feeling of my name not being called, again. This time was different. I remember them calling 2nd place­ Jessica Quay. I was so excited I practically ran to the front of the room, I had succeeded in something I really enjoyed. Winning this trophy meant I qualified and was going to states. At states, I competed in a speaking event with my friend called Emerging Business Issues. Unfortunately my teammate and I did not move on to the final round. I also competed in a written test, Computer Applications, the test that led me here. As the days quickly went on it was finally time for the awards. I started thinking how right everyone was about the experience and the feeling of just being there. I found out that I did not make top five in the state. I was not on stage awaiting my award, I was sitting in the stands watching. I put all the countless hours and effort into something and did not receive anything out of it: no trophy, no ticket to

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