Blind Leading Blind

Through Parli Pro I have felt as though I was not quite on the same level as my peers whether that be experience wise or just overall knowledge of the content. So, when I began work on my service project I became very nervous, how was I someone who has little to no background in Parli Pro suppose to teach a group of high schoolers the basics?? The planning process was probably the most difficult part,  knowing that I need to teach the students at Penns Valley something but not really sure what that something was going to be yet. I agonized a lot about my portions of Justin and I’s workshop as I felt as though I was not qualified to teach these kids because I knew the frustrations of learning from someone who was not knowledgeable enough about the content. So, I start with the stuff I knew, I knew. 

• Robert’s is a book of rules about parliament procedures (essentially the parli pro bible for FFA members) 
• Members have the right to: 
• Attend
• Debate 
• Vote
• 1 item at a time 
• I move is how you make a main motion 
• 5 basic principles 

All of these things helped me to better understand the very complicated concept of parli pro. The students at Penns Valley Area High S

Through parli pro I have felt as though I was not quite on the same level as my peers whether that be experience wise or just overall knowledge of the content. So when I began work on my service project I became very nervous, how was I someone who has little to no background in parli pro suppose to teach a group of high schoolers the basics?? The planning process was probably the most difficult part know that I need to teach the students at Penns Valley something but not really sure what that something was going to be yet. I agonized a lot about my portions of Justin and I’s workshop as I felt as though I was not qualified to teach these kids because I knew the frustrations of learning from someone who was not knowledgeable enough about the content. So, I start with the stuff I knew, I knew. 

• Robert’s is a book of rules about parliament procedures (essential the parli pro bible for FFA members) 
• Members have the right to: 
• Attend
• Debate 
• Vote
• 1 item at a time 
• I move is how you make a main motion 
• 5 basic principles 

All of these things helped me to better understand the very complicated concept of Parli Pro. The students at Penns Valley Area High School we’re just as eager as I was to get some knowledge about parliamentary procedure and we’re not expecting to become pros over night, making my confidence level go up. As I talked through the topics, I began to realize I knew more about parliamentary procedure than I realized and then I had given myself credit for. I am glad that I made the decision to step out of my comfort zone and deep dive into an area that I had yet to discover and I’m thankful for the opportunity to better FFA members and their chapters.